Electronic image pickup equipment

ABSTRACT

The object of the invention is to reduce the thickness of electronic image pickup equipment as much as possible, using a zooming mode having stable, high image-formation capabilities from an object at infinity to a near-by object. The electronic image pickup equipment comprises a zoom lens system comprising a negative, first lens group G 1 , a positive, second lens group G 2  and a positive, third lens group G 3 . For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focused on an object at infinity, the separation between G 2  and G 3  becomes wise. By moving G 3  toward the object side of the system, the system can be focused on a nearer-by object. In the zoom lens system, the second lens group G 2  comprises one positive lens  2   a , one negative lens  2   b  and a lens subgroup  2   c  comprising at least one lens, and the third lens group G 3  comprises one positive lens. The zoom lens system satisfies conditions with respect to the optical axis distance from the image-side surface of the positive lens  2   a  to the image-side surface of the negative lens  2   b  and the focal length ratio in air between the positive lens  2   a  and the lens subgroup  2   c.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No.09/725,258, filed Nov. 29, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,417,973, thespecifications and drawings of which are incorporated herein byreference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to electronic image pickupequipment, and more particularly to a video camera or digital camerawherein its thickness in the depthwise direction is reduced by makingsome contrivance for optical systems such as a zoom lens system. Inaddition, the zoom lens system is designed to be rear focused.

In recent years, digital cameras (electronic cameras) attract publicattention as next-generation cameras now superseding 24 mm×36 mm film(usually called Leica format) cameras. For current digital cameras thereare a wide range of categories from a high-performance type forcommercial use to a portable popular type.

A chief object of the present invention is to achieve a video or digitalcamera of the portable popular type category in particular, which isreduced in depth dimensions while high image quality is ensured.

The greatest bottleneck in reducing the depth dimensions of a camera isthe thickness of the surface, nearest to the object side, of an opticalsystem, especially a zoom lens system to an image pickup plane.Recently, a so-called collapsible mount type of lens barrel has gonemainstream, wherein an optical system is driven out of a camera body forphototaking and the optical system is housed in the camera body forcarrying. However, the thickness of the lens mount with the opticalsystem housed therein varies largely depending of the lens type used,the filters used or the like. To obtain high specifications especiallyregarding zoom ratios, F-number, etc., it is preferable to make use of aso-called positive precedent type of zoom lens system wherein the lensgroup located nearest to its object side has positive refracting power.Even when the zoom lens system is housed in a lens mount, however, it isimpossible to reduce the thickness of a camera largely, because therespective lens elements have some thicknesses with a large dead space(see JP-A 11-258507). In this regard, a negative precedent type of zoomlens system, especially a zoom lens system comprising two or three lensgroups is favorable. However, it is still impossible to reduce thethickness of a camera largely, even when the lens nearest to the objectside is a positive lens. This is because each lens group comprises anumber of lens elements or the lens elements are thick (see JP-A11-52246). Some known examples of the zoom lens system suitable for usewith electronic image pickup devices, having satisfcatoryimage-formation capabilities inclusive of zoom ratios, field angles andF-numbers and capable of having the smallest thickness of a lens mountwith the zoom lens system housed therein are disclosed in JP-A's11-194274, 11-287953 and 2000-9997.

To make the first lens group thin, it is preferable to locate anentrance pupil at a shallow position. To this end, on the one hand, itis required to increase the magnification of the second lens group. Onthe other hand, some considerable burdens are placed on the second lensgroup. This does not only make it difficult to keep the second lensgroup thin but also to make correction for aberrations, resulting in anunacceptably increase in the influence of fabrication errors. Thicknessand size reductions may be achieved by reducing image pickup devicesize. To achieve the same number of pixels, however, it is required toreduce pixel size and make up for sensitivity shortages by the opticalsystem. The same also holds for the influence of diffraction.

To reduce the depth dimensions of a camera body, it is preferable inview of a driving mechanism layout to make use of a rear focusing modewherein the movement of lenses for focusing is carried out by a rearlens group rather than a front lens group. In this case, however, it isrequired to make a selection from optical systems less susceptible toaberration fluctuations in the rear focusing mode.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of such problems with the prior art as explained above, it is aprimary object of the present invention to reduce the thickness ofelectronic image pickup equipment as much as possible by makingselective use of a zoom mode or construction having a compact yet simplemechanism layout and stable yet high image-formation capabilities froman object at infinity to a near-by object, for instance, a rear focusingmode having a reduced number of lens elements, and making lens elementsso thin that the total thickness of each lens group can be reduced whilethe selection of filters is taken into account.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, this object isachieved by the provision of electronic image pickup equipment includinga zoom lens system and an electronic image pickup device in the rear ofsaid zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side of thezoom lens system, a first lens group having negative refracting power, asecond lens group having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup having positive refracting power, in which for zooming from awide-angle end to a telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, a separation between the second lensgroup and the third lens group becomes wide and which can be focused ata nearer-by subject by moving the third lens group toward the objectside, characterized in that:

said second lens group comprises, in order from an object side thereof,one positive lens 2 a, one negative lens 2 b and a lens subgroup 2 ccomprising at least one lens and said third lens group comprises onepositive lens, while the following conditions are satisfied:

0.04<t _(2N) /t ₂<0.18  (1)

−0.5<f _(2a) /f _(2c)<1.1  (2)

where t_(2N) is an axial distance from an image-side surface of thepositive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lens group toan image-side surface of the negative lens 2 b in the second lens group,t₂ is an optical axis distance from an object-side surface of thepositive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lens group toa surface located nearest to an image side of the lens subgroup 2 c, andf_(2a), and f_(2c) is a focal length in air of the positive lens 2 alocated on the object side of the second lens group, and the lenssubgroup 2 c, respectively.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there isprovided electronic image pickup equipment including a zoom lens systemand an electronic image pickup device in the rear of said zoom lenscomprising, in order from an object side of the zoom lens system, afirst lens group having negative refracting power, a second lens grouphaving positive refracting power and a third lens group having positiverefracting power, in which for zooming from a wide angle end to atelephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focused on an object point atinfinity, a separation between the second lens group and the third lensgroup becomes wide and which can be focused at a nearer-by subject bymoving the third lens group toward the object side, characterized inthat:

said second lens group comprises, in order from an object side thereof,one positive lens 2 a, one negative lens 2 b and a lens group 2 cconsisting of one lens and said third lens group comprises one positivelens, while the following conditions are satisfied:

0.04<t _(2N) /t ₂<0.18  (1)

 −0.5<f _(2a) /f _(2c)<1.1  (2)

where t_(2N) is an optical axis distance from an image-side surface ofthe positive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lensgroup to an image-side surface of the negative lens 2 b in the secondlens group, t₂ is an optical axis distance from an object-side surfaceof the positive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lensgroup to a surface located nearest to an image side of the lens group 2c, and f_(2a), and f_(2c) is a focal length in air of the positive lens2 a located on the object side of the second lens group, and the lenssubgroup 2 c, respectively.

An account is now given of why the aforesaid arrangements are used inthe present invention and how they work.

The electronic image pickup equipment of the present invention includesa zoom lens system comprising, in order from the object side thereof, afirst lens group having negative refracting power, a second lens grouphaving positive refracting power and a third lens group having positiverefracting power. For zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephotoend of the system upon focused on an object point at infinity, theseparation between the second lens group and the third lens groupbecomes wide. By moving the third lens group toward the object side ofthe system, the system can be focused on a nearer-by subject. The secondlens group comprises, in order from the object side thereof, onepositive lens 2 a, one negative lens 2 c and a lens subgroup 2 ccomprising at least one lens including an aspherical surface, and thethird lens group comprises one positive lens.

Alternatively, the second lens group may comprise, in order from theobject side thereof, one positive lens 2 a, one negative lens 2 b and alens subgroup 2 c consisting of one lens including an asphericalsurface, and the third lens group may comprise one positive lens.

This requirement for the zoom lens system according to the presentinvention is inevitable for reducing fluctuations of off-axisaberrations including astigmatism with focusing by the third lens groupwhile the total thickness of the lens portion during lens housing iskept thin.

For an electronic image pickup device, it is required to reduce theangle of incident rays as much as possible. A positive lens in atwo-group zoom lens system of + − construction most commonly used as asilver salt camera-oriented zoom lens system, which positive lens islocated nearest to the image side thereof, is used as a third lens groupdesigned to be independently movable in such a way as to keep an exitpupil at a farther position. When this third lens group is used forfocusing purposes, aberration fluctuations offer a problem. Whenasphericity is incorporated in the third lens group in an amount largerthan necessary, it is required that astigmatism remaining at the firstand second lens groups be corrected by the third lens group so as toobtain an aspheric effect. In this case, it is not preferable to movethe third lens group for focusing, because the correction of astigmatismbecomes out of balance. In order to carry out focusing with the thirdlens group, it is therefore required to substantially remove theastigmatism at the first and second lens groups over all the zoomingzone. For this reason, it is desired that the third lens group be madeup of a spherical element or an element having a small amount ofasphericity, an aperture stop be located on the object side of thesecond lens group, and an aspherical surface be used at a lens in thesecond lens group, which lens is positioned nearest to the image side ofthe second lens group and has a particular effect on off-axisaberrations. In addition, since this type zoom lens system makes itdifficult to increase the diameter of the front lens, it is preferableto make an aperture stop integral with the second lens group (as can beseen from the examples, given later, wherein the aperture stop islocated just before the second lens group for integration therewith).This arrangement is not only simple in mechanism but also makes any deadspace less likely to occur during lens housing, with a reduced F-numberdifference between the wide-angle end and the telephoto end.

In the present invention, the following conditions (1) and (2) should besatisfied.

0.04<t _(2N) /t ₂<0.18  (1)

−0.5<f _(2a) /f _(2c)<1.1  (2)

where t_(2N) is the optical axis distance from the image-side surface ofthe positive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lensgroup to the image-side surface of the negative lens 2 b in the secondlens group, t₂ is the optical axis distance from the object-side surfaceof the positive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lensgroup to the surface located nearest to the image side of the lenssubgroup 2 c, and f_(2a), and f_(2c) is the focal length in air of thepositive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lens group,and the lens subgroup 2 c, respectively.

Condition (1) gives a definition of t_(2N) that is the optical axisdistance from the image-side surface of the positive lens 2 a located onthe object side of the second lens group to the image-side surface ofthe negative lens 2 b in the second lens group. Unless this site has acertain thickness, astigmatism cannot perfectly be corrected. However,this thickness becomes an obstacle to making each element of the opticalsystem thin. Thus, the astigmatism is corrected by introducing anaspherical surface in the image-sides surface of the lens located on theimage side. Nonetheless, when the lower limit of 0.04 is not reached,the astigmatism remains undercorrected. When the upper limit of 0.18 isexceeded, the thickness becomes unacceptably large.

Condition (2) gives a definition of the focal length ratio in airbetween the positive lens 2 a on the object side of the second lensgroup and the lens subgroup 2 c. When the upper limit of 1.1 isexceeded, the principal points of the second lens group are shifted tothe image side; some dead space is likely to occur in the rear of thesecond lens group when the system is in use, resulting in an increase inthe overall length of the system. To make the system thin upon lenshousing in this case, it is thus necessary to use a more complicated orlarger lens barrel mechanism. Otherwise, it is impossible to make thethickness of the lens barrel mechanism thin to a certain degree. Whenthe lower limit of −0.5 is not reached, correction of astigmatismbecomes difficult.

More preferably, conditions (1) and (2) should be:

0.05<t _(2N) /t ₂<0.16  (1)′

−0.4<f _(2a) /f _(2c)<0.8  (2)′

Most preferably, conditions (1) and (2) should be:

0.06<t _(2N) /t ₂<0.15  (1)″

−0.3<f _(2a) /f _(2c)<0.62  (2)″

As already mentioned, it s desired that the lens subgroup 2 c in thesecond lens group comprise an aspherical surface and the third lensgroup consist only of a spherical surface or an aspherical surface thatsatisfies the following condition:

abs(z)/L<1.5×10⁻²  (3)

Here abs(z) is the absolute value of the amount of a deviation of theaspherical surface in the third lens group from a spherical surfacehaving an axial radius of curvature in the optical axis direction asmeasured at a height of 0.35 L from the optical axis, and L is thediagonal length of an effective image pickup plane.

Exceeding the upper limit of 1.5×10⁻² to condition (3) is notpreferable, because astigmatism is largely out of balance upon rearfocusing with the third lens group.

More preferably, condition (3) should be:

abs(z)/L<1.5×10⁻³  (3)′

Most preferably, condition (3) should be:

abs(z)/L<1.5×10⁻⁴  (3)″

In addition, it is preferable to satisfy the following conditions (4)and (5). This is because even when rear focusing is introduced in theoptical system while it is kept thin, various aberrations such asastigmatism and chromatic aberrations remain stable all over the zoomingzone from an object at infinity to a near-by object.

(R _(2cl) +R _(2cr))/(R _(2cl) −R _(2cr))<−0.4  (4)

−1.1<(R ₃₁ +R ₃₂)/(R ₃₁ −R ₃₂)<1.5  (5)

Here R_(2cl) and R_(2cr) are the axial radii of curvature of thesurfaces in the image-side lens subgroup 2 c in the second lens group,which surfaces are located nearest to the object and image sides,respectively, and R₃₁ and R₃₂ are the axial radii of curvatures of thefirst and second lens surfaces in the third lens group, respectively, ascounted from the object side.

Conditions (4) and (5) give definitions of the shape factors of theaspherical lens subgroup 2 c of the second lens group, which is locatednearest to the image side thereof and the positive lens in the thirdlens group. When the upper limit of 1.5 to condition (5) is exceeded,fluctuations of astigmatism due to rear focusing become too large, andthe astigmatism is likely to becoming worse with respect a near-byobject point although the astigmatism may be well corrected on an objectpoint at infinity. When the upper limit of −0.4 to condition (4) isexceeded and the lower limit of −1.1 to condition (5) is not reached,the fluctuations of astigmatism due to rear focusing are reduced;however, it is difficult to make correction for aberrations on an objectpoint at infinity.

More preferably, conditions (4) and (5) should be:

−10.0<(R _(2cl) +R _(2cr))/(R _(2cl) −R _(2cr))<−0.6  (4)′

−0.5<(R ₃₁ +R ₃₂)/(R ₃₁ −R ₃₂)<1.2  (5)′

When the lower limit of −10.0 to condition (4)′ is not reached, thefluctuations of astigmatism due to rear focusing become large.

Most preferably, conditions (4) and (5) should be:

−5.0<(R _(2cl) +R _(2cr))/(R _(2cl) −R _(2cr))<−0.8  (4)″

0.1<(R ₃₁ +R ₃₂)/(R ₃₁ −R ₃₂)<1.0  (5)

In the second lens group, the positive and negative lenses located onits object side should preferably be cemented together, because someconsiderable aberrations occur due to their relative decentration. Inaddition, the second lens group comprises one negative lens adjacent toboth positive lenses, wherein the negative lens is cemented to eitherone of the positive lenses. In this case, the third lens group maycomprise one positive lens composed of only spherical surfaces.

It is here noted that when the lens subgroup 2 c of the second lensgroup comprises a single lens, the cemented lens consisting of lenses 2a and 2 b should preferably satisfy the following condition (6):

−1.5<{(R _(2a1) +R _(2a2))·(R _(2b1) −R _(2b2))}/{(R _(2a1) −R_(2a2))·(R _(2b1) +R _(2b2))}<−0.6  (6)

Here R_(2a1) and R_(2a2) are the axial radii of curvature on the objectand image sides, respectively, of the lens 2 a in the second lens group,and R_(2b1), and R_(2b2) are the axial radii of curvature on the objectand image sides, respectively, of the lens 2 b in the second lens group.

Condition (6) gives a definition of the shape factor ratio between thelens elements (positive lens and negative lens) of the cemented lens inthe second lens group. Falling below the lower limit of −1.5 tocondition (6) is unfavorable for correction of longitudinal chromaticaberration and exceeding the upper limit of −0.6 is unfavorable for sizereductions because the lens elements become thick.

More preferably, condition (6) should be:

−1.3<{(R _(2a1) +R _(2a2))·R _(2b1) −R _(2b2))}/{(R _(2a1) −R _(2a2))·(R_(2b1) +R _(2b2))}<−0.7   (6)′

Most preferably, condition (6) should be:

−1.2<{(R _(2a1) +R _(2a2))·(R _(2b1) −R _(2b2))}/{(R _(2a1) −R_(2a2))·(R _(2b1) +R _(2b2))}<−0.8  (6)″

A zoom lens system having a zoom ratio of 2.3 or greater, if itsatisfies the following conditions, can then make some contribution tothickness reductions.

1.3 <−β_(2t)<2.1  (a)

1.6<f ₂ /f _(W)<3.0  (b)

Here β_(2t) is the magnification of the second lens group at thetelephoto end (an object point at infinity), f₂ is the focal length ofthe second lens group, and f_(W) is the focal length of the zoom lenssystem at the wide-angle end (an object point at infinity).

Condition (a) gives a definition of the magnification β_(2t) of thesecond lens group at the telephoto end (when the zoom lens system isfocused on an object point at infinity). The larger this absolute value,the easier it is to reduce the diameter of the first lens group becauseit is possible to make shallow the position of the entrance pupil at thewide-angle end, and so the smaller the first lens group is. When thelower limit of 1.3 is not reached, it is difficult to satisfy thickness.When the upper limit of 2.1 is exceeded, it is difficult to makecorrection for various aberrations (spherical aberrations, coma andastigmatism). Condition (b) gives a definition of the focal length f₂ ofthe second lens group. To reduce the thickness of the second lens groupitself, the focal length of the second lens group should preferably bereduced as much as possible. In view of power profile, however, this isunreasonable for correction of the aberrations because the frontprincipal point of the second lens group is positioned on the objectside while the rear principal point of the first lens group ispositioned on the image side. When the lower limit of 1.6 is notreached, it is difficult to make correction for spherical aberrations,coma, astigmatism, etc. When the upper limit of 3.0 is exceeded, it isdifficult to achieve thickness reductions.

More preferably, conditions (a) and (b) should be:

1.4 <−β_(2t)<2.0  (a)′

1.8<f ₂ /f _(W)<2.7  (b)′

Most preferably, conditions (a) and (b) should be:

1.5 <−β_(2t)<1.9  (a)″

 2.0<f ₂ /f _(W)<2.5  (b)″

Thus, thickness reductions are contradictory to correction ofaberrations, and so it is preferable to introduce an aspherical surfacein the positive lens in the second lens group, which positive lens ispositioned nearest to its object side. This aspherical surface has agreat effect on correction of spherical aberrations and coma, so thatastigmatism and longitudinal chromatic aberration can favorably becorrected. Preferably in this case, condition (6) or (6)′ or (6)″ shouldbe satisfied as well irrespective of the construction of the second lensgroup.

As already explained, when rear focusing is carried out with the thirdlens group, correction of off-axis aberrations should preferably besubstantially completed with the first and second lens groups all overthe zooming zone. If the construction of the first lens group isselected with the construction of the second lens group in mind, it isthen possible to substantially complete the correction of off-axisaberrations with the first and second lens groups all over the zoomingzone. The then construction of the first lens group is now explained.

The first embodiment of the first lens group comprises, in order fromthe object side thereof, a negative lens subgroup comprising up to twonegative lenses and a positive lens subgroup consisting of one positivelens. In the first embodiment, at least one negative lens in thenegative lens subgroup comprises an aspherical surface and the followingconditions (7) and (8) are satisfied.

The second embodiment comprises, in order from the object side thereof,one positive lens, two negative lenses and one positive lens andoptionally satisfies the following condition (9).

The third embodiment of the first lens group comprises, in order fromthe object side thereof, one positive lens, one negative lens and onepositive lens. In the third embodiment, either one of the positivelenses comprises an aspherical surface and has a weak refracting powerand the following condition (10) is satisfied.

The fourth embodiment comprises, in order from the object side thereof,two negative lenses, one positive lens and one negative lens.

In the present invention, any one of the aforesaid four embodimentsshould preferably be used for the first lens group. The aforesaidconditions (7) through (10) are now explained.

−0.1<f _(W) /R ₁₁<0.45  (7)

0.13<d _(NP) /f _(W)<1.0  (8)

0.75<R ₁₄ /L<3  (9)

0<f _(W) /f _(1P)<0.3  (10)

Here R₁₁ is the axial radius of curvature of the first lens surface inthe first lens group, as counted from the object side, f_(W) is thefocal length of the zoom lens system at the wide-angle end (when focusedon an object point at infinity), d_(NP) is the axial air separationbetween the negative and positive lens subgroups of the first lensgroup, R₁₄ is the axial radius of curvature of the fourth lens surfacein the first lens group, as counted from the object side, L is thediagonal length of the effective image pickup area of the image pickupdevice, f_(1P) is the focal length of the positive lens in the firstlens group, which lens comprises an aspherical surface and has a weakrefracting power, and f_(W) is the focal length of the zoom lens systemat the wide-angle end (when focused on an object point at infinity).

Condition (7) gives a definition of the radius of curvature of the firstsurface in the first embodiment of the first lens group. It ispreferable that distortion is corrected by introducing the asphericalsurface in the first lens group and astigmatism is corrected by theremaining spherical component. Exceeding the upper limit of 0.45 isunfavorable for correction of the astigmatism, and when the lower limitof −0.1 is not reached, the distortion cannot perfectly be correctedeven by the aspherical surface.

Condition (8) gives a definition of the axial air separation d_(NP)between the negative lens subgroup and the positive lens subgroup in thefirst embodiment of the first lens group. Exceeding the upper limit of1.0 may be favorable for correction of astigmatism; however, this iscontradictory to size reductions because of an increase in the thicknessof the first lens group. When the lower limit of 0.13 is not reached, itis difficult to make correction for astigmatism.

Condition (9) gives a definition of the axial radius of curvature R₁₄ ofthe fourth lens surface in the second embodiment of the first lensgroup. This embodiment may be favorable for satisfactory correction ofastigmatism and distortion; however, the first lens group tends tobecome thick. If R₁₄ is as large as possible, it is then possible toreduce the thickness of the first lens group. Falling below the lowerlimit of 0.75 is not preferable because some excessive space is needed.When the upper limit of 3 is exceeded, the first lens group ratherincreases in diameter and thickness because it is lacking in power.

Condition (10) gives a definition of the focal length f_(1P) of thepositive lens in the third embodiment of the first lens group, whichlens comprises an aspherical surface and has a weak refracting power.When the upper limit of 0.3 is exceeded, the power of only one negativelens in the first lens group becomes too strong to correct distortionand the concave surface becomes hard-to-process because its radius ofcurvature becomes too small. Falling below the lower limit of 0 is notpreferable in view of correction of astigmatism, because the asphericalsurface contributes to only correction of distortion.

More preferably, conditions (7), (8), (9) and (10) should be:

−0.05<f _(W) /R ₁₁<0.25  (7)′

0.3<d _(NP) /f _(W)<0.9  (8)′

0.98<R ₁₄ /L<2.5  (9)′

0<f _(W) /f _(1P)<0.2  (10)′

Most preferably, conditions (7), (8), (9) and (10) should be:

−0.03<f _(W) /R ₁₁<0.15  (7)″

 0.32<d _(NP) /f _(W)<0.8  (8)″

1<R ₁₄ /L<2  (9)″

0<f _(W) /f _(1P)<0.1  (10)″

In the aforesaid second embodiment, the first lens group may comprise,in order from its object side, one positive lens, one negative meniscuslens and a cemented lens component consisting of a negative lens and apositive lens. When the first lens group is made up of four lenses, forinstance, a positive lens, a negative lens, a negative lens and apositive lens in this order or two negative lenses, a positive lens anda negative lens in this order, the relative decentration of the twolenses located on the image side often incurs a deterioration inimage-formation capabilities. For improvements in centeringcapabilities, it is thus preferable to cement these lenses together.

In addition, the total thickness of the first lens group, and the secondlens group should preferably satisfy the following conditions.

0.4<t ₁ /L<2.2  (11)

0.5<t ₂ /L<1.5  (12)

Here t₁ is the axial thickness of the first lens group from the lenssurface located nearest to its object side to the lens surface locatednearest to its image side, t₂ is the axial thickness of the second lensgroup from the lens surface located nearest to its object side to thelens surface located nearest to its image side, and L is the diagonallength of the effective image pickup area of the image pickup device.

Conditions (11) and (12) give a definition of the total thickness of thefirst lens group, and the second lens group, respectively. Exceeding therespective upper limits of 2.2 and 1.5 is likely to form an impedimentto size reductions. When the respective lower limits of 0.4 and 0.5 arenot reached, it is difficult to set up appropriate paraxial relations ormake correction for various aberrations because it is required tomoderate the radius of curvature of each lens surface.

In view of marginal thickness and mechanism space, it is here noted thatthe ranges of these conditions should preferably be adjusted dependingon the value of L.

To be more specific, it is desired to satisfy the following conditions(11)′ and (12)′.

Condition (11)′:

When L≦6.2 mm, 0.8<t₁/L<2.2

When 6.2 mm<L≦9.2 mm, 0.7<t₁/L<2.0

When 9.2 mm<L, 0.6<t₁/L<1.8

Condition (12)′:

When L≦6.2 mm, 0.5<t₂/L<1.5

When 6.2 mm<L≦9.2 mm, 0.4<t₂/L<1.3

When 9.2 mm<L, 0.3<t₂/L<1.1

According to the present invention, it is thus possible to provide meansfor improving the image-formation capabilities of the zoom lens systemwhile the thickness of the lens mount is reduced.

An account is now given of the conditions for making filters, etc. thin.In electronic image pickup equipment, usually, an infrared absorptionfilter having such a certain thickness as to prevent incidence ofinfrared light on an image pickup plane is inserted between an imagepickup device and the object side of the equipment. Here consider thecase where this filter is replaced by a coating that is substantiallydevoid of thickness. As a matter of course, the equipment becomes thinby this amount, and there is a spillover effect. When a near-infraredsharp cut coating having a transmittance of at least 80% at 600 nmwavelength and at most 10% at 700 nm wavelength is introduced betweenthe image pickup device in the rear of a zoom lens system and the objectside of the equipment, red transmittance is relatively higher than thatof an adsorption type, so that the tendency of bluish purple to changeto magenta—which is one defect of a CCD having a complementary colormosaic filter—can be mitigated by gain control, thereby achieving colorreproduction comparable to that by a CCD having a primary color filter.

On the other hand, a CCD with a complementary color filter mountedthereon, because of its high transmitted light energy, is higher insubstantial sensitivity, and more favorable in resolution, than a CCDwith a primary color filter mounted thereon. Thus, there is much meritin using the complementary color filter on a CCD of miniature size.Another filter or an optical low-pass filter, too, should preferablysatisfy the following condition with respect to its total thicknesst_(LPF).

0.15×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.45×10³  (13)

Here a is the horizontal pixel pitch of an electronic image pickupdevice.

To make an optical low-pass filter thin, too, is effective for reducingthe thickness of the lens mount. However, this is generally notpreferable because the effect of the low-pass filter on moire reductionsbecomes slender. As the pixel pitch becomes small, on the other hand,the contrast of frequency components exceeding Nyquist thresholddecreases under the influence of diffraction by an image-formation lenssystem, so that the decrease in the moire-reducing effect can beaccepted to some degrees. For instance, when use is made of three typesof filter elements put one upon another in the optical axis direction,each of which elements has crystallographic axes in the azimuthdirections of horizontal (=0°) and ±45° upon projection on an imageplane, it is known that some effects on moire reductions are achievable.Referring here to the specifications where the filter becomes thinnest,it is known that the elements are shifted by aμm in the horizontaldirection and by SQRT(½)×a μm in the ±45° direction. The then filterthickness amounts to about [1+2×SQRT(½)]×a/5.88 (mm) where SQRT means asquare root. This is just the specification where contrast is reduceddown to zero at a frequency corresponding to Nyquist threshold.

When the film thickness is smaller than this by a few % to several tens%, there is a contrast of the frequency corresponding to Nyquistthreshold. However, this contrast can be controlled by the aforesaidinfluence of diffraction. Regarding other filter specifications, forinstance, when one or two filter elements are used, too, it ispreferable to conform to condition (13). When the upper limit of0.45×10³ is exceeded, the optical low-pass filter becomes too thick toachieve thickness reductions. When the lower limit of 0.15×10³ is notreached, moire removal becomes insufficient. Still, it is required thata be 5 μm or less.

When a is 4 μm or less, it is preferable that

0.13×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.42×10³  (13)′

This is because the optical low-pass filter is more susceptible todiffraction. The optical low-pass filter may then be embodied asfollows.

When the low-pass filter is made up of three low-pass filter elementsput one upon another and 4 μm≦a<5 μm, it is preferable that

0.3×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.4×10³  (13-1)

When the low-pass filter is made up of two low-pass filter elements putone upon another and 4 μm≦a<5 μm, it is preferable that

0.2×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.28×10³  (13-2)

When the low-pass filter is made up of one low-pass filter element and 4μm≦a<5 μm, it is preferable that

0.1×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.16×10³  (13-3)

When the low-pass filter is made up of three low-pass filter elementsput one upon another and a <4 μm, it is preferable that

0.25×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.37×10³  (13-4)

When the low-pass filter is made up of two low-pass filter elements putone upon another and a <3 μm, it is preferable that

0.6×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.25×10³  (13-5)

When the low-pass filter is made up of one low-pass filter element and a<4 μm, it is preferable that

0.08×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.14×10³  (13-6)

When an image pickup device having a small pixel pitch is used, imagequality deteriorates under the influence of diffraction due tostop-down. To avoid this, the present invention provides electronicimage pickup equipment, wherein aperture size comprises a plurality offixed apertures, one out of which can be inserted in an optical pathbetween a lens surface in the first lens group, which surface is nearestto an image side thereof, and a lens surface in the third lens group,which surface is nearest to an object side thereof, and can be replacedwith another aperture, so that field illuminance can be controlled.Preferably in this electronic image pickup equipment, some of saidplurality of apertures should contain therein media having a varyingtransmittance of less than 80% with respect to 550 nm wavelength, sothat light quantity control can be achieved, and some should containtherein media having a transmittance of 80% or greater with respect to550 nm.

Alternatively, when control is carried out to obtain a light quantitycorresponding to such an F-number as to provide a/F-number <0.4 μm, theapertures should preferably contain therein media having a varyingtransmittance of less than 80% with respect to 550 nm wavelength.

To put it another way, when control is carried out to obtain a lightquantity corresponding to such an effective F-number as to provideF_(NO)′>a/0.4 μm where F_(NO)′ is an effective F-number defined byF_(NO)/T wherein F_(NO) is an F-number found from the focal length ofthe zoom lens system and the diameter of an entrance pupil and T is anaperture transmittance at 550 nm and a is a horizontal pixel pitch of anelectronic image pickup device, it is preferable to insert an aperturecontaining therein a medium having a transmittance T of less than 80%with respect to 550 nm in a zoom lens optical path.

For instance, when there is a deviation from the aforesaid range on thebasis of the open aperture value, the medium may be not used or a dummymedium having a transmittance of 91% or greater with respect to 550 nmwavelength is used. In the aforesaid range, light quantity control maybe carried out by using a member such an ND filter rather thandecreasing the diameter of the aperture stop to such a degree that theinfluence of diffraction manifests itself.

Alternatively, optical low-pass filters with varying frequencycharacteristics instead of ND filters may be inserted in a plurality ofapertures whose diameters are evenly reduced in inversely proportionalto the F-number. Since the deterioration due to diffraction becomeslarge with stop-down, it is required that the smaller the aperturediameter, the higher the frequency characteristics of the opticalfilters be. The higher frequency characteristics mean that the contrastof the spatial frequency of the object image is kept higher than thoseof other spatial frequencies. In other words, this means that the cutofffrequency is high.

It is here noted that the zoom lens system of the present invention canhave a zoom ratio of 2.3 or greater. According to the invention, it isfurther possible to achieve electronic image pickup equipment comprisinga zoom lens system having a zoom ratio of 2.6 or greater.

Still other objects and advantages of the invention will in part beobvious and will in part be apparent from the specification.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope ofthe invention will be indicated in the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a sectional schematic at the wide-angle end of Example 1 ofthe zoom lens system used on the electronic image pickup equipmentaccording to the present invention upon focused on an object point atinfinity.

FIG. 2 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 2 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 3 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 3 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 4 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 4 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 5 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 5 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 6 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 6 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 7 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 7 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 8 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 8 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 9 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 9 ofthe zoom lens system.

FIG. 10 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 10of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 11 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 11of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 12 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 12of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 13 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 13of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 14 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 14of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 15 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 15of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 16 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 16of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 17 is a sectional schematic, similar to FIG. 1, of the Example 17of the zoom lens system.

FIG. 18(a), 18(b) and 18(c) are aberration diagrams of Example 1 of thezoom lens system upon focused at infinity.

FIG. 19 is a graph illustrative of the transmittance characteristics ofone example of the near-infrared sharp cut filter used herein.

FIG. 20 is a graph illustrative of the transmittance characteristics ofone example of the color filter located on the exit surface side of thelow-pass filter.

FIG. 21 is illustrative of one exemplary color filter profile for thecomplementary mosaic filter.

FIG. 22 is a graph illustrative of one example of the wavelengthcharacteristics of the complementary mosaic filter.

FIG. 23 is a perspective schematic illustrative of part of oneembodiment of the electronic image pickup equipment according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 24 is a perspective schematic illustrative of one embodiment of theaperture stop portion used in each example.

FIG. 25 is a perspective schematic illustrative of details of anotherembodiment of the aperture stop portion used in each example.

FIG. 26 is a front perspective schematic illustrative of the outsideshape of a digital camera with the zoom lens system of the inventionincorporated therein.

FIG. 27 is a rear perspective schematic illustrative of the digitalcamera of FIG. 26.

FIG. 28 is a sectional schematic illustrative of the digital camera ofFIG. 26.

FIG. 29 is a front perspective schematic illustrative of an uncoveredpersonal computer wherein the zoom lens system of the present inventionis incorporated as an objective optical system.

FIG. 30 is a sectional schematic illustrative of the phototaking opticalsystem in the personal computer.

FIG. 31 is side schematic illustrative of the phototaking optical systemshown in FIG. 29.

FIGS. 32(a) and 32(b) are a front and a side schematic of the portabletelephone wherein the zoom lens system of the present invention isincorporated as an objective optical system.

FIG. 32(c) is a sectional schematic illustrative of the phototakingoptical system used with the portable telephone.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

An account is now given of Examples 1 through 17 of the zoom lens systemused with the electronic image pickup equipment according to the presentinvention. Shown in FIGS. 1 through 17 are the sections at thewide-angle ends of Examples 1 through 17 upon focused on an object pointat infinity. In each drawing, the first lens group is indicated by G1,the second lens group by G2, the third lens group by G3, a near-infraredcut filter by FI, an optical low-pass filter comprising filter elementsput one upon another by FL, a cover glass for an image pickup device ora CCD by CG, and the image plane of the CCD by I. The near-infrared cutfilter FI, optical low-pass filter FL and cover glass CG located inorder from the object side of the image pickup equipment are fixedbetween the third lens group G3 and the image plane I, with thenear-infrared cut filter FI and optical low-pass filter FL cementedtogether. In Example 12 the near-infrared cut filter FI is not used. Ineach drawing, a focusing group is shown by “focus” and the direction offocusing on a near-by object is shown by an arrow.

Example 1 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 1,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the wide-angle and telephoto ends. The second lens group G2is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 is slightlymoved toward the image side, so that the separation between the secondlens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing ona near-by subject, the third lens group G3 is driven out toward theobject side.

In Example 1, the first lens group G1 is composed of a cemented lensconsisting of a double-concave lens and a negative meniscus lens convexon its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex on its objectside. The second lens group G2 is composed of a stop, a cemented lenslocated in the rear of the stop and consisting of a double-convex lensand a double-concave lens, and a positive meniscus lens convex on itsobject side, said double-convex lens defining a positive lens 2 a, saiddouble-concave lens defining a negative lens 2 b and said positivemeniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 iscomposed of one double-convex lens. Three aspherical surfaces are used,one for the surface of the cemented lens in the first lens group G1,which surface is located nearest to its image side, one for the surfacein the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest to itsobject side, and one for the surface in the second lens group G2, whichsurface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 2 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 2,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the wide-angle and telephoto ends. The second lens group G2is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 is fixed, sothat the separation between the second lens group G2 and the third lensgroup G3 becomes wide. For focusing on a near-by subject, the third lensgroup G3 is driven out toward the object side.

In Example 2, the first lens group G1 is composed of two negativemeniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, and a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 is composed ofa stop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop and consistingof a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and a positivemeniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convex lensdefining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said positive meniscus lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Two aspherical surfaces are used, one for the object-side surfaceof the second negative meniscus lens in the first lens group G1 andanother for the surface in the second lens group G2, which surface islocated nearest to its image side.

Example 3 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 3,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the wide-angle and telephoto ends. The second lens group G2is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 is slightlymoved toward the image side, so that the separation between the secondlens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing ona near-by subject, the third lens group G3 is driven out toward theobject side.

In Example 3, the first lens group G1 is composed of a double-concavelens, a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positivemeniscus lens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 iscomposed of a stop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop andconsisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convexlens defining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said positive meniscus lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Three aspherical surfaces are used, one for the image-side surfaceof the double-concave lens in the first lens group G1, one for thesurface in the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest toits object side, and one for the surface in the second lens group G2,which surface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 4 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 4,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the wide-angle and telephoto ends. The second lens group G2is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 is slightlymoved toward the image side, so that the separation between the secondlens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing ona near-by subject, the third lens group G3 is driven out toward theobject side.

In Example 4, the first lens group G1 is composed of a double-concavelens, a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positivemeniscus lens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 iscomposed of a stop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop andconsisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convexlens defining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said positive meniscus lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Three aspherical surfaces are used, one for the image-side surfaceof the double-concave lens in the first lens group G1, one for thesurface in the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest toits object side, and one for the surface in the second lens group G2,which surface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 5 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 5,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the wide-angle and telephoto ends. The second lens group G2is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 is slightlymoved toward the image side, so that the separation between the secondlens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing ona near-by subject, the third lens group G3 is driven out toward theobject side.

In Example 5, the first lens group G1 is composed of a double-convexlens, a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positivemeniscus lens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 iscomposed of a stop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop andconsisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convexlens defining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said positive meniscus lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Three aspherical surfaces are used, one for the image-side surfaceof the double-convex lens in the first lens group G1, one for thesurface in the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest toits object side, and one for the surface in the second lens group G2,which surface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 6 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 6,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the wide-angle and telephoto ends. The second lens group G2is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 is slightlymoved toward the image side, so that the separation between the secondlens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing ona near-by subject, the third lens group G3 is driven out toward theobject side.

In Example 6, the first lens group G1 is composed of a planoconvex lens,a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and a positivemeniscus lens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 iscomposed of a stop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop andconsisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convexlens defining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said positive meniscus lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Three aspherical surfaces are used, one for the image-side surfaceof the planoconvex lens in the first lens group G1, one for the surfacein the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest to itsobject side, and one for the surface in the second lens group G2, whichsurface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 7 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 7,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the image side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end of the zoom lens system. The second lensgroup G2 is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 isfirst moved toward the object side and then moved back toward the imageside, so that the separation between the second lens group G2 and thethird lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing on a near-by subject, thethird lens group G3 is driven out toward the object side.

In Example 7, the first lens group G1 is composed of a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side, a negative meniscus lens convex on itsobject side, a double-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convexon its object side. The second lens group G2 is composed of a stop, acemented lens located in the rear of the stop and consisting of aplanoconvex lens and a planoconcave lens, and a double-convex lens, saidplanoconvex lens defining a positive lens 2 a, said planoconcave lensdefining a negative lens 2 b and said double-convex lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Two aspherical surfaces are used, one for the surface in thesecond lens group G2, which surface is located nearest to its objectside, and another for the object-side surface of the final double-convexlens in the second lens group G2.

Example 8 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 8,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the object side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end of the zoom lens system. The second lensgroup G2 is moved toward the object side and the third lens group G3 isfirst moved toward the object side and then moved back toward the imageside, so that the separation between the second lens group G2 and thethird lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing on a near-by subject, thethird lens group G3 is driven out toward the object side.

In Example 8, the first lens group G1 is composed of a negative meniscuslens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lens convex onits object side. The second lens group G2 is composed of a stop, acemented lens located in the rear of the stop and consisting of apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side and a negative meniscuslens convex on its object side, and a double-convex lens, said positivemeniscus lens defining a positive lens 2 a, said negative meniscus lensdefining a negative lens 2 b and said double-convex lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Three aspherical surfaces are used, one for the surface in thefirst lens group G1, which surface is located nearest to its objectside, one for the surface in the second lens group G2, which surface islocated nearest to its object side and one for the object-side surfaceof the double-convex lens in the second lens group G2.

Example 9 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 9,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the telephoto and wide-angle ends of the zoom lens system.The second lens group G2 is moved toward the object side and the thirdlens group G3 is first moved toward the object side and then moved backtoward the image side, so that the separation between the second lensgroup G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing on anear-by subject, the third lens group G3 is driven out toward the objectside.

In Example 9, the first lens group G1 is composed of a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side, a negative meniscus lens convex on itsobject side and a cemented lens consisting of a double-concave lens anda positive meniscus lens convex on its object side. The second lensgroup G2 is composed of a stop, a cemented lens located in the rear ofthe stop and consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its objectside and a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, and adouble-convex lens, said positive meniscus lens defining a positive lens2 a, said negative meniscus lens defining a negative lens 2 b and saiddouble-convex lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c. The third lens group iscomposed of one double-convex lens. Two aspherical surfaces are used,one for the surface in the second lens group G2, which surface islocated nearest to its object side, and one for the object-side surfaceof the double-convex lens in the second lens group G2.

Example 10 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 10,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system to take substantially the sameposition at the telephoto and wide-angle ends of the zoom lens system.The second lens group G2 is moved toward the object side and the thirdlens group G3 is first moved toward the object side and then moved backtoward the image side, so that the separation between the second lensgroup G2 and the third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing on anear-by subject, the third lens group G3 is driven out toward the objectside.

In Example 10, the first lens group G1 is composed of a negativemeniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens and acemented lens consisting of a double-convex lens and a double-concavelens. The second lens group G2 is composed of a stop, a cemented lenslocated in the rear of the stop and consisting of a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side and a negative meniscus lens convex onits object side, and a positive meniscus lens convex on its object side,said positive meniscus lens defining a positive lens 2 a, said negativemeniscus lens defining a negative lens 2 b and the final positivemeniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c. The third lens group iscomposed of one double-convex lens. Three aspherical surfaces are used,one for the surface of the cemented lens in the first lens group G1,which surface is located nearest to its object side, one for the surfacein the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest to itsobject side, and one for the surface in the second lens group G2, whichsurface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 11 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 11,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the image side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end. The second lens group G2 is moved toward theobject side and the third lens group G3 is slightly moved toward theimage side, so that the separation between the second lens group G2 andthe third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing on a near-by subject,the third lens group G3 is driven out toward the object side.

In Example 11, the first lens group G1 is composed of a double-convexlens, a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, adouble-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its objectside. The second lens group G2 is composed of a stop, a cemented lenslocated in the rear of the stop and consisting of a double-convex lensand a double-concave lens, and a positive meniscus lens convex on itsobject side, said double-convex lens defining a positive lens 2 a, saiddouble-concave lens defining a negative lens 2 b and said positivemeniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 iscomposed of one double-convex lens. Two aspherical surfaces are used,one for the surface in the second lens group G2, which surface islocated nearest to its object side, and another for the object-sidesurface of the positive meniscus lens in the second lens group G2.

Example 12 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 12,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the image side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end. The second lens group G2 is moved toward theobject side and the third lens group G3 is slightly moved toward theimage side, so that the separation between the second lens group G2 andthe third lens group G3 becomes wide. For focusing on a near-by subject,the third lens group G3 is driven out toward the object side.

In Example 12, the first lens group G1 is composed of a positivemeniscus lens convex on its object side, a negative meniscus lens convexon its object side, a planoconcave lens and a positive meniscus lensconvex on its object side. The second lens group G2 is composed of astop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop and consisting ofa double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side, said double-convex lens defining apositive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining a negative lens 2 band said positive meniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c. The thirdlens group G3 is composed of one double-convex lens. Two asphericalsurfaces are used, one for the surface in the second lens group G2,which surface is located nearest to its object side, and another for theimage-side surface of the positive meniscus lens in the second lensgroup G2.

Example 13 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 13,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the image side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end. The second lens group G2 is moved toward theobject side and the third lens group G3 is first moved toward the objectside and then moved back toward the image side, so that the separationbetween the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomeswide. For focusing on a near-by subject, the third lens group G3 isdriven out toward the object side.

In Example 13, the first lens group G1 is composed of a negativemeniscus lens convex on its object side, a double-concave lens and apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side. The second lens groupG2 is composed of a stop, a cemented lens located in the rear of thestop and consisting of a positive meniscus lens convex on its objectside and a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side, and acemented lens consisting of a double-convex lens and a negative meniscuslens convex on its object side, said positive meniscus lens defining apositive lens 2 a, said negative meniscus lens defining a negative lens2 b and said cemented lens consisting of a double-convex lens and anegative meniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c. The third lensgroup G3 is composed of one double-convex lens. Two aspherical surfacesare used, one for the image-side surface of the negative meniscus lensin the first lens group G1 and another for the surface of the secondcemented lens in the second lens group G2, which surface is locatednearest to its object side.

Example 14 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 14,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the object side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end. The second lens group G2 is moved toward theobject side and the third lens group G3 is first moved toward the objectside and then moved back toward the image side, so that the separationbetween the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomeswide. For focusing on a near-by subject, the third lens group G3 isdriven out toward the object side.

In Example 14, the first lens group G1 is composed of two negativemeniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, and a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 is composed ofa stop, a double-convex lens located in the rear of the stop, adouble-concave lens and a positive meniscus lens convex on its objectside, said double-convex lens defining a positive lens 2 a, saiddouble-concave lens defining a negative lens 2 b and said positivemeniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 iscomposed of one double convex lens. Two aspherical surfaces are used,one for the image-side surface of the first negative meniscus lens inthe first lens group G1 and another for the image-side surface of thepositive meniscus lens in the second lens group G2.

Example 15 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 15,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the image side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end. The second lens group G2 is moved toward theobject side and the third lens group G3 is first moved toward the objectside and then moved back toward the image side, so that the separationbetween the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomeswide. For focusing on a near-by subject, the third lens group G3 isdriven out toward the object side.

In Example 15, the first lens group G1 is composed of two negativemeniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, and a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 is composed ofa stop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop and consistingof a double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and a cemented lensconsisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its objet side and apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convexlens defining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said cemented lens consisting of a negativemeniscus lens and a positive meniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c.The third lens group is composed of one double-convex lens. Threeaspherical surfaces are used, one for the image-side surface of thenegative meniscus lens in the first lens group G1, one for the surfacein the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest to itsobject side, and one for the surface in the second lens group G2, whichsurface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 16 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 16,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the image side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end. The second lens group G2 is moved toward theobject side and the third lens group G3 is first moved toward the objectside and then moved back toward the image side, so that the separationbetween the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomeswide. For focusing on a near-by subject, the third lens group G3 isdriven out toward the object side.

In Example 16, the first lens group G1 is composed of two negativemeniscus lenses, each convex on its object side, and a positive meniscuslens convex on its object side. The second lens group G2 is composed ofa stop, a double-convex lens located in the rear of the stop and acemented lens consisting of a double-concave lens and a positivemeniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convex lensdefining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said positive meniscus lens defining a lenssubgroup 2 c. The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convexlens. Three aspherical surfaces are used, one for the image-side surfaceof the first negative meniscus lens in the first lens group G1, one forthe surface in the second lens group G2, which surface is locatednearest to its object side, and one the surface in the second lens groupG2, which surface is located nearest to its image side.

Example 17 is directed to a zoom lens system which, as shown in FIG. 17,comprises a first lens group G1 having negative refracting power, asecond lens group G2 having positive refracting power and a third lensgroup G3 having positive refracting power. For zooming from thewide-angle end to the telephoto end of the zoom lens system upon focusedon an object point at infinity, the first lens group G1 is first movedtoward the image side of the zoom lens system and then moved back towardthe object side of the zoom lens system, so that the first lens group G1is positioned somewhat nearer to the image side at the telephoto endthan at the wide-angle end. The second lens group G2 is moved toward theobject side and the third lens group G3 is first moved toward the objectside and then moved back toward the image side, so that the separationbetween the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 becomeswide. For focusing on a near-by subject, the third lens group G3 isdriven out toward the object side.

In Example 17, the first lens group G1 is composed of a negativemeniscus lens convex on its object side and a positive meniscus lensconvex on its object side. The second lens group G2 is composed of astop, a cemented lens located in the rear of the stop and consisting ofa double-convex lens and a double-concave lens, and a cemented lensconsisting of a negative meniscus lens convex on its object side and apositive meniscus lens convex on its object side, said double-convexlens defining a positive lens 2 a, said double-concave lens defining anegative lens 2 b and said cemented lens consisting of a negativemeniscus lens and a positive meniscus lens defining a lens subgroup 2 c.The third lens group G3 is composed of one double-convex lens. Threeaspherical surfaces are used, one for the image-side surface of thenegative meniscus lens in the first lens group G1, one for the surfacein the second lens group G2, which surface is located nearest to itsobject side, and one the surface in the second lens group G2, whichsurface is located nearest to its image side.

Set out below are numerical data on each example. Symbols usedhereinafter but not hereinbefore have the following meanings.

f: the focal length of the zoom lens system,

ω: half field angle,

F_(NO): F-number,

FB: back focus,

WE: wide-angle end.

ST: intermediate settings,

TE: telephoto end,

r₁, r₂, . . . : the radius of curvature of each lens surface,

d₁, d₂, . . . : the separation between adjacent lens surfaces,

n_(d1), n_(d2), . . . : the d-line refractive index of each lens, and

v_(d1), v_(d2), . . . : the Abbe number of each lens.

Here let x denote an optical axis where the direction of propagation oflight is positive and y represent a direction perpendicular to theoptical axis. Then, aspherical configuration is given by

x=(y ² /r)/[1+{1−(K+1)(y/r)²}^(½) ]+A ₄ y ⁴ +A ₆ y ⁶ +A ₈ y ⁸ +A ₁₀ y ¹⁰

where r is the paraxial radius of curvature, K is a conical coefficient,and A₄, A₆, A₈ and A₁₀ are the fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenthaspherical coefficients, respectively.

EXAMPLE 1

r₁ = −299.4763 d₁ = 0.8000 n_(d1) = 1.80610 ν_(d1) = 40.92 r₂ = 10.7304d₂ = 0.8000 n_(d2) = 1.69350 ν_(d2) = 53.21 r₃ = 5.0005(Aspheric) d₃ =2.3163 r₄ = 9.8142 d₄ = 1.0491 n_(d3) = 1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₅ =24.5391 d₅ = (Variable) r₆ = ∞ (Stop) d₆ = 1.0000 r₇ = 5.1442(Aspheric)d₇ = 4.9417 n_(d4) = 1.80610 ν_(d4) = 40.92 r₈ = −24.5946 d₈ = 0.5000n_(d5) = 1.84666 ν_(d5) = 23.78 r₉ = 3.5926 d₉ = 0.2907 r₁₀ = 4.2678 d₁₀= 1.1213 n_(d6) = 1.69350 ν_(d6) = 53.21 r₁₁ = 17.4260(Aspheric) d₁₁ =(Vari-    able) r₁₂ = 32.3232 d₁₂ = 1.3472 n_(d7) = 1.80610 ν_(d7) =40.92 r₁₃ = −16.8384 d₁₃ = (Vari-    able) r₁₄ = ∞ d₁₄ = 0.8000 n_(d8) =1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14 r₁₅ = ∞ d₁₅ = 1.5000 n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) =62.84 r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 0.8000 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 0.7500 nd_(d10) = 1.51633ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₈ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

3rd surface

K=0

A₄=−9.7049×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.6918×10⁻⁸

A₈=−1.9046×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

7th surface

K=0

A₄=−3.2379×10⁻⁴

A₆=−3.5165×10⁻⁷

A₈=−1.0605×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

11th surface

K0

A₄=2.0613×10⁻³

A₆=8.6770×10⁻⁵

A₈=7.3857×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50482 8.71981 12.89361 F_(NO) 2.50143.5154 4.5000 ω (°) 32.1 17.9 12.3 F B (mm) 1.2022 1.2022 1.2022 d₅13.21884 4.97007 2.00000 d₁₁ 2.16583 7.95914 13.39659 d₁₃ 0.764570.59671 0.59784

EXAMPLE 2

r₁ = 124.1886 d₁ = 0.5000 n_(d1) = 1.80610 ν_(d1) = 40.92 r₂ = 6.4891 d₂= 0.2000 r₃ = 8.8097(Aspheric) d₃ = 0.5000 n_(d2) = 1.69350 ν_(d2) =53.21 r₄ = 5.1613 d₄ = 1.5167 r₅ = 7.8189 d₅ = 1.9968 n_(d3) = 1.84666ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 22.4795 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞ (Stop) d₇ = 1.0000 r₈= 5.7490 d₈ = 3.2514 n_(d4) = 1.83400 ν_(d4) = 37.16 r₉ = −28.3433 d₉ =0.5000 n_(d5) = 1.84666 ν_(d5) = 23.78 r₁₀ = 4.4271 d₁₀ = 0.0037 r₁₁ =3.8345 d₁₁ = 2.1860 n_(d6) = 1.69350 ν_(d6) = 53.21 r₁₂ =9.6822(Aspheric) d₁₂ = (Vari-    able) r₁₃ = 28.5044 d₁₃ = 1.6870 n_(d7)= 1.80610 ν_(d7) = 40.92 r₁₄ = −18.4888 d₁₄ = 0.5000 r₁₅ = ∞ d₁₅ =0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14 r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 1.5000 n_(d9) =1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 0.8000 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 0.7500 n_(d10)= 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₉ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

3rd surface

K=0

A₄=7.1162×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.4779×10⁻⁵

A₈=−6.2370×10⁻⁸

A₁₀=2.8762×10⁻⁸

12th surface

K=0

A₄=4.1399×10⁻³

A₆=1.4041×10⁻⁴

A₈=4.6776×10⁻⁵

A₁₀=−6.7224×10⁻⁷

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50500 8.64043 12.89150 F_(NO) 2.53593.4987 4.5000 ω (°) 32.0 18.1 12.3 F B (mm) 1.2192 1.2192 1.2192 d₆13.05471 4.91856 2.00000 d₁₂ 3.13949 8.57782 14.14762

EXAMPLE 3

r₁ = −1.488 × 10⁴ d₁ = 0.8000 n_(d1) = 1.69350 ν_(d1) = 53.21 r₂ =9.3799(Aspheric) d₂ = 0.3000 r₃ = 10.2288 d₃ = 0.8000 n_(d2) = 1.75700ν_(d2) = 47.82 r₄ = 5.3486 d₄ = 1.7182 r₅ = 7.2124 d₅ = 2.0519 n_(d3) =1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 12.3788 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞ (Stop) d₇ =1.0000 r₈ = 4.3412(Aspheric) d₈ = 3.0928 n_(d4) = 1.80610 ν_(d4) = 40.92r₉ = −175.9817 d₉ = 0.5000 n_(d5) = 1.84666 ν_(d5) = 23.78 r₁₀ = 3.5171d₁₀ = 0.7411 r₁₁ = 5.4392 d₁₁ = 1.5159 n_(d6) = 1.69350 ν_(d6) = 53.21r₁₂ = 27.1420(Aspheric) d₁₂ = (Vari-    able) r₁₃ = 47.2987 d₁₃ = 1.7503n_(d7) = 1.80610 ν_(d7) = 40.92 r₁₄ = −14.9152 d₁₄ = (Vari-    able) r₁₅= ∞ d₁₅ = 0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14 r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 1.5000n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 0.8000 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ =0.7500 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₉ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−4.1467×10⁻⁴

A₆=−4.7647×10⁻⁶

A₈=−2.6213×10⁻⁸

8th surface

K=0

A₄=−5.2950×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.0863×10⁻⁷

A₈=−3.1802×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

12th surface

K=0

A₄=1.5348×10⁻³

A₆=8.2051×10⁻⁵

A₈=−7.2915×10⁻⁹

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50832 7.73017 12.89769 F_(NO) 2.53493.2431 4.5000 ω (°) 32.0 20.0 12.3 F B (mm) 1.2000 1.2000 1.2000 d₆12.95262 5.65324 2.00000 d₁₂ 1.68696 5.94052 13.18015 d₁₄ 1.185831.19589 0.57807

EXAMPLE 4

r₁ = −3.598 × 10⁴ d₁ = 0.8000 n_(d1) = 1.69350 ν_(d1) = 53.21 r₂ =18.1592(Aspheric) d₂ = 0.4930 r₃ = 22.4692 d₃ = 0.8000 n_(d2) = 1.74320ν_(d2) = 49.34 r₄ = 5.3980 d₄ = 1.5765 r₅ = 7.2381 d₅ = 1.7200 n_(d3) =1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 13.8584 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞ (Stop) d₇ =1.0000 r₈ = 4.229112(Aspheric) d₈ = 2.9761 n_(d4) = 1.80610 ν_(d4) =40.92 r₉ = −1.215 × 10⁴ d₉ = 0.5000 n_(d5) = 1.84666 ν_(d5) = 23.78 r₁₀= 3.2233 d₁₀ = 0.6831 r₁₁ = 5.4229 d₁₁ = 1.4251 n_(d6) = 1.69350 ν_(d6)= 53.21 r₁₂ = 40.7916(Aspheric) d₁₂ = (Vari-    able) r₁₃ = 25.5987 d₁₃= 1.9952 n_(d7) = 1.80610 ν_(d7) = 40.92 r₁₄ = −16.8356 d₁₄ = (Vari-   able) r₁₅ = ∞ d₁₅ = 0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14 r₁₆ = ∞d₁₆ = 1.5000 n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 0.8000 r₁₈ =∞ d₁₈ = 0.7500 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₉ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−3.1603×10⁻⁴

A₆=−3.9521×10⁻⁶

A₈=6.0589×10⁻⁸

A₁₀=0

8th surface

K=0

A₄=−5.1306×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.8480×10⁻⁸

A₈=−4.0730×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

12th surface

K=0

A₄=1.0356×10⁻³

A₆=2.4472×10⁻⁶

A₈=4.4957×10⁻⁹

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.52278 7.10855 13.03552 F_(NO) 2.51333.1531 4.5000 ω (°) 31.9 21.6 12.2 F B (mm) 1.2005 1.2005 1.2005 d₆13.53208 7.42223 2.00000 d₁₂ 2.14294 6.24423 14.00455 d₁₄ 0.845540.45979 0.24109

EXAMPLE 5

r₁ = 2.152 × 10⁵ d₁ = 1.4495 n_(d1) = 1.69350 ν_(d1) = 53.21 r₂ = −2.558× 10⁵ d₂ = 0.2000       (Aspheric) r₃ = 0.0973 d₃ = 0.8000 n_(d2) =1.75700 ν_(d2) = 47.82 r₄ = 5.0935 d₄ = 1.5384 r₅ = 6.3074 d₅ = 2.2638n_(d3) = 1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 9.3748 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞(Stop) d₇ = 1.0000 r₈ = 4.1304(Aspheric) d₈ = 2.5732 n_(d4) = 1.80610ν_(d4) = 40.92 r₉ = −11.7751 d₉ = 0.5000 n_(d5) = 1.76182 ν_(d5) = 26.52r₁₀ = 3.1492 d₁₀ = 0.7939 r₁₁ = 4.8685 d₁₁ = 1.4660 n_(d6) = 1.69350ν_(d6) = 53.21 r₁₂ = 13.7926(Aspheric) d₁₂ = (Vari-    able) r₁₃ =24.8420 d₁₃ = 1.8696 n_(d7) = 1.78590 ν_(d7) = 44.20 r₁₄ = −16.7264 d₁₄= (Vari-    able) r₁₅ = ∞ d₁₅ = 0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 1.5000 n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ =0.8000 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 0.7500 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₉ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

A₄=−2.4509×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.3879×10⁻⁶

A₈=9.0581×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

8th surface

K=0

A₄=−5.0677×10⁻⁴

A₆=−3.2077×10⁻⁵

A₈=−8.7757×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

12th surface

K=0

A₄=1.7107×10⁻³

A₆=1.1805×10⁻⁷

A₈=8.2007×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.51447 8.62182 12.88959 F_(NO) 2.58743.5287 4.5000 ω (°) 32.0 18.1 12.3 F B (mm) 1.2090 1.2090 1.2090 d₆12.81499 4.92338 2.00000 d₁₂ 2.02134 7.44412 12.92512 d₁₄ 0.667690.59868 0.58837

EXAMPLE 6

r₁ = 300.0000 d₁ = 1.5565 n_(d1) = 1.69350 ν_(d1) = 53.21 r₂ = ∞(Aspheric) d₂ = 0.2000 r₃ = 82.5564 d₃ = 0.8000 n_(d2) = 1.74320 ν_(d2)= 49.34 r₄ = 5.1873 d₄ = 1.4942 r₅ = 6.3281 d₅ = 2.2680 n_(d3) = 1.84666ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 9.2079 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞ (Stop) d₇ = 1.0000 r₈= 4.0105(Aspheric) d₈ = 2.5184 n_(d4) = 1.80610 ν_(d4) = 40.92 r₉ =−11.4735 d₉ = 0.5000 n_(d5) = 1.76182 ν_(d5) = 26.52 r₁₀ = 3.0569 d₁₀ =0.9411 r₁₁ = 5.5852 d₁₁ = 1.5226 n_(d6) = 1.69350 ν_(d6) = 53.21 r₁₂ =21.9403(Aspheric) d₁₂ = (Vari-    able) r₁₃ = 24.5302 d₁₃ = 1.8257n_(d7) = 1.78590 ν_(d7) = 44.20 r₁₄ = −17.1746 d₁₄ = (Vari-    able) r₁₅= ∞ d₁₅ = 0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14 r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 1.5000n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 0.8000 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ =0.7500 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₉ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−2.2492×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.2214×10⁻⁶

A₈=9.4346×10⁻¹⁰

A₁₀=0

8th surface

K=0

A₄=−6.5411×10⁻⁴

A₆=−2.8593×10⁻⁵

A₈=−2.2330×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

12th surface

K=0

A₄=9.4936×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.5574×10⁻⁵

A₈=7.8767×10⁻¹⁰

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.51498 8.60896 12.88808 F_(NO) 2.58793.5446 4.5000 ω (°) 32.0 18.1 12.3 F B (mm) 1.2088 1.2088 1.2088 d₆12.82458 5.03634 2.00000 d₁₂ 1.66703 7.33800 12.75814 d₁₄ 0.840880.59964 0.58685

EXAMPLE 7

r₁ = 23.0267 d₁ = 2.3000 n_(d1) = 1.83400 ν_(d1) = 37.16 r₂ = 61.6747 d₂= 0.4000 r₃ = 15.9771 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.80610 ν_(d2) = 40.92 r₄ =5.5000 d₄ = 3.2000 r₅ = −71.2824 d₅ = 0.7000 n_(d3) = 1.77250 ν_(d3) =49.60 r₆ = 10.6103 d₆ = 0.5000 r₇ = 8.4732 d₇ = 1.9000 n_(d4) = 1.84666ν_(d4) = 23.78 r₈ = 19.1024 d₈ = (Variable) r₉ = ∞ (Stop) d₉ = 1.2000r₁₀ = 4.2893(Aspheric) d₁₀ = 2.5000 n_(d5) = 1.80610 ν_(d5) = 40.92 r₁₁= ∞ d₁₁ = 0.7000 n_(d6) = 1.78470 ν_(d6) = 26.29 r₁₂ = 3.2649 d₁₂ =0.8000 r₁₃ = 6.1863(Aspheric) d₁₃ = 1.8000 n_(d7) = 1.69350 ν_(d7) =53.21 r₁₄ = −176.5384 d₁₄ = (Vari-    able) r₁₅ = 15.9331 d₁₅ = 2.0000n_(d8) = 1.48749 ν_(d8) = 70.23 r₁₆ = −27.9214 d₁₆ = (Vari-    able) r₁₇= ∞ d₁₇ = 0.8000 n_(d9) = 1.51633 ν_(d9) = 64.14 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 1.5000n_(d10) = 1.54771 ν_(d10) = 62.84 r₁₉ = ∞ d₁₉ = 0.8000 r₂₀ = ∞ d₂₀ =0.7500 n_(d11) = 1.51633 ν_(d11) = 64.14 r₂₁ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

10th surface

K=0

A₄=−3.6659×10⁻⁴

A₆=−4.1952×10⁻⁵

A₈=−1.6473×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

13th surface

K=0

A₄=−4.8390×10⁻⁴

A₆=−1.3717×10⁻⁷

A₈=8.2327×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50001 8.69997 12.89995 F_(NO) 2.68373.5405 4.4888 ω (°) 31.9 17.8 12.2 F B (mm) 1.2000 1.2000 1.2000 d₈12.81554 4.21755 1.50000 d₁₄ 2.47460 6.96240 12.52366 d₁₆ 0.886651.49525 1.37807

EXAMPLE 8

r₁ = 20.9239(Aspheric) d₁ = 0.5000 n_(d1) = 1.69350 ν_(d1) = 53.21 r₂ =4.8243 d₂ = 3.5000 r₃ = 6.2574 d₃ = 1.7050 n_(d2) = 1.84666 ν_(d2) =23.78 r₄ = 6.9719 d₄ = (Variable) r₅ = ∞ (Stop) d₅ = 1.2000 r₆ =4.4208(Aspheric) d₆ = 1.9988 n_(d3) = 1.80610 ν_(d3) = 40.92 r₇ =50.0000 d₇ = 0.5000 n_(d4) = 1.80518 ν_(d4) = 25.42 r₈ = 3.8298 d₈ =0.5000 r₉ = 10.5816(Aspheric) d₉ = 1.5384 n_(d5) = 1.69350 ν_(d5) =53.21 r₁₀ = −29.2700 d₁₀ = (Vari-    able) r₁₁ = 10.3884 d₁₁ = 2.4081n_(d6) = 1.48749 ν_(d6) = 70.23 r₁₂ = −26.9384 d₁₂ = (Vari-    able r₁₃= ∞ d₁₃ = 0.8000 n_(d7) = 1.51633 ν_(d7) = 64.14 r₁₄ = ∞ d₁₄ = 1.5000n_(d8) = 1.54771 ν_(d8) = 62.84 r₁₅ = ∞ d₁₅ = 0.8000 r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ =0.7500 n_(d9) = 1.51633 ν_(d9) = 64.14 r₁₇ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

1st surface

K=0

A₄=3.3003×⁻⁴

A₆=−8.0541×10⁻⁷

A₈=1.0236×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

6th surface

K=0

A₄=−3.2647×10⁻⁴

A₆=−2.0657×10⁻⁵

A₈=−1.2929×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

9th surface

K=0

A₄=−4.6010×10⁻⁴

A₆=−5.8571×10⁻⁶

A₈=2.1198×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50050 8.68964 12.89995 F_(NO) 2.59483.4651 4.5341 ω (°) 29.1 16.1 11.0 F B (mm) 1.2092 1.2092 1.2092 d₄12.53354 3.58255 1.50000 d₁₀ 2.53628 8.42336 16.33318 d₁₂ 1.507212.01017 0.95839

EXAMPLE 9

r₁ = 11.7272 d₁ = 1.7000 n_(d1) = 1.74100 ν_(d1) = 52.64 r₂ = 25.6361 d₂= 0.2000 r₃ = 10.1939 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.83400 ν_(d2) = 37.16 r₄ =3.9946 d₄ = 2.6000 r₅ = −13.0723 d₅ = 0.7000 n_(d3) = 1.51633 ν_(d3) =64.14 r₆ = 4.5840 d₆ = 2.4000 n_(d4) = 1.80100 ν_(d4) = 34.97 r₇ =18.7848 d₇ = (Variable) r₈ = ∞ (Stop) d₈ = 0.8000 r₉ = 3.4629(Aspheric)d₉ = 1.9988 n_(d5) = 1.80610 ν_(d5) = 40.92 r₁₀ = 9.4000 d₁₀ = 0.5000n_(d6) = 1.84666 ν_(d6) = 23.78 r₁₁ = 2.6853 d₁₁ = 1.0000 r₁₂ =6.7541(Aspheric) d₁₂ = 1.5384 n_(d7) = 1.69350 ν_(d7) = 53.21 r₁₃ =−20.9589 d₁₃ = (Vari-    able) r₁₄ = 92.5426 d₁₄ = 1.7000 n_(d8) =1.48749 ν_(d8) = 70.23 r₁₅ = −17.7158 d₁₅ = (Vari-    able) r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆= 0.8000 n_(d9) = 1.51633 ν_(d9) = 64.14 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 1.5000 n_(d10) =1.54771 ν_(d10) = 62.84 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 0.8000 r₁₉ = ∞ d₁₉ = 0.7500n_(d11) = 1.51633 ν_(d11)= 64.14 r₂₀ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

9th surface

K=0

A₄=−1.2756×10⁻³

A₆=8.5469×10⁻⁵

A₈=−2.1534×10⁻⁵

A₁₀=0

12th surface

K=0

A₄=9.1402×10⁻⁴

A₆=−3.4104×10⁻⁴

A₈=7.3193×10⁻⁵

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 5.09894 8.67651 14.91184 F_(NO) 2.67033.1805 4.5238 ω (°) 26.1 16.1 9.5 F B (mm) 1.2024 1.2024 1.2024 d₇11.75854 4.46115 1.50000 d₁₃ 3.55591 4.48388 14.04430 d₁₅ 1.000003.41211 1.00000

EXAMPLE 10

r₁ = 7.8483 d₁ = 0.7000 n_(d1) = 1.77250 ν_(d1) = 49.60 r₂ = 4.4897 d₂ =3.0000 r₃ = −23.1590 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.77250 ν_(d2) = 49.60 r₄ =17.2403 d₄ = 0.2000 r₅ = 11.6625(Aspheric) d₅ = 2.4000 n_(d3) = 1.80610ν_(d3) = 40.92 r₆ = −23.7103 d₆ = 0.7000 n_(d4) = 1.48749 ν_(d4) = 70.23r₇ = 31.9693 d₇ = (Variable) r₈ = ∞ (Stop) d₈ = 0.8000 r₉ =3.9499(Aspheric) d₉ = 1.9988 n_(d5) = 1.80610 ν_(d5) = 40.92 r₁₀ =6.9960 d₁₀ = 0.5000 n_(d6) = 1.84666 ν_(d6) = 23.78 r₁₁ = 2.9591 d₁₁ =0.4000 r₁₂ = 3.2957 d₁₂ = 1.5384 n_(d7) = 1.69350 ν_(d7) = 53.21 r₁₃ =6.5982(Aspheric) d₁₃ = (Vari-    able) r₁₄ = 23.1151 d₁₄ = 2.4081 n_(d8)= 1.48749 ν_(d8) = 70.23 r₁₅ = −12.5018 d₁₅ = (Vari-    able) r₁₆ = ∞d₁₆ = 0.8000 n_(d9) = 1.51633 ν_(d9) = 64.14 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 1.5000n_(d10) = 1.54771 ν_(d10) = 62.84 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 0.8000 r₁₉ = ∞ d₁₉ =0.7500 n_(d11) = 1.51633 ν_(d11)= 64.14 r₂₀ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

5th surface

K=0

A₄=3.7332×10⁻⁴

A₆=−4.9736×10⁻⁶

A₈=3.5436×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

9th surface

K=0

A₄=−2.1597×10⁻⁴

A₆=3.7263×10⁻⁵

A₈=−5.1843×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

13th surface

K=0

A₄=4.4364×10⁻³

A₆=5.7596×10⁻⁴

A₈=1.6510×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 5.13995 8.70063 14.92346 F_(NO) 2.53502.9786 4.5450 ω (°) 28.8 18.0 10.7 F B (mm) 1.1864 1.1864 1.1864 d₇13.42993 3.89672 1.50000 d₁₃ 3.14297 4.00000 15.13969 d₁₅ 1.000003.21932 1.00000

EXAMPLE 11

r₁ = 55.0608 d₁ = 1.4800 n_(d1) = 1.84666 ν_(d1) = 23.78 r₂ = −210.3988d₂ = 0.1500 r₃ = 58.5014 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.80610 ν_(d2) = 40.92 r₄= 6.9103 d₄ = 2.1504 r₅ = −3.974 × 10⁶ d₅ = 0.7000 n_(d3) = 1.77250ν_(d3) = 49.60 r₆ = 22.4439 d₆ = 0.1500 r₇ = 9.2836 d₇ = 1.6800 n_(d4) =1.84666 ν_(d4) = 23.78 r₈ = 17.7842 d₈ = (Variable) r₉ = ∞ (Stop) d₉ =0.8000 r₁₀ = 4.2409(Aspheric) d₁₀ = 2.9000 n_(d5) = 1.80610 ν_(d5) =40.92 r₁₁ = −1.524 × 10⁷ d₁₁ = 0.7000 n_(d6) = 1.84666 ν_(d6) = 23.78r₁₂ = 3.1782 d₁₂ = 0.8605 r₁₃ = 6.0183(Aspheric) d₁₃ = 1.6600 n_(d7) =1.80610 ν_(d7) = 40.92 r₁₄ = 34.6909 d₁₄ = (Vari-    able) r₁₅ = 34.2725d₁₅ = 1.9300 n_(d8) = 1.72916 ν_(d8) = 54.68 r₁₆ = −15.9762 d₁₆ = (Vari-   able) r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 1.0100 n_(d9) = 1.51633 ν_(d9) = 64.14 r₁₈ = ∞d₁₈ = 1.4400 n_(d10) = 1.54771 ν_(d10) = 62.84 r₁₉ = ∞ d₁₉ = 0.8000 r₂₀= ∞ d₂₀ = 0.8000 n_(d11) = 1.51633 ν_(d11) = 64.14 r₂₁ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

10th surface

K=0

A₄=−4.0241×10⁻⁴

A₆=−2.3596×10⁻⁵

A₈=−1.8718×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

13th surface

K=0

A₄=−6.4358×10⁻⁴

A₆=5.1034×10⁻⁶

A₈=5.9906×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 5.09990 9.78208 14.70617 F_(NO) 2.52143.5598 4.5000 ω (°) 28.9 16.1 10.9 F B (mm) 1.0313 1.0313 1.0313 d₈13.84782 5.58395 1.90000 d₁₄ 1.91123 8.49778 13.77965 d₁₆ 1.891201.00000 1.00000

EXAMPLE 12

r₁ = 28.2152 d₁ = 2.1000 n_(d1) = 1.83400 ν_(d1) = 37.16 r₂ = 157.3993d₂ = 0.2000 r₃ = 34.3744 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.78590 ν_(d2) = 44.20 r₄= 6.0000 d₄ = 2.6000 r₅ = ∞ d₅ = 0.7000 n_(d3) = 1.77250 ν_(d3) = 49.60r₆ = 20.7013 d₆ = 0.2000 r₇ = 8.1749 d₇ = 1.7800 n_(d4) = 1.84666 ν_(d4)= 23.78 r₈ = 13.6341 d₈ = (Variable) r₉ = ∞ (Stop) d₉ = 0.8000 r₁₀ =4.3541(Aspheric) d₁₀ = 2.7500 n_(d5) = 1.80610 ν_(d5) = 40.92 r₁₁ =−50.0000 d₁₁ = 0.7000 n_(d6) = 1.78472 ν_(d6) = 25.68 r₁₂ = 3.2481 d₁₂ =0.9550 r₁₃ = 4.5965 d₁₃ = 1.7000 n_(d7) = 1.69350 ν_(d7) = 53.21 r₁₄ =12.3613(Aspheric) d₁₄ = (Vari-    able) r₁₅ = 30.1243 d₁₅ = 2.1000n_(d8) = 1.72916 ν_(d8) = 54.68 r₁₆ = −17.4688 d₁₆ = (Vari-    able) r₁₇= ∞ d₁₇ = 1.4400 n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 0.8000r₁₉ = ∞ d₁₉ = 0.8000 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₂₀ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

10th surface

K=0

A₄=−3.8980×10⁻⁴

A₆=−1.1989×10⁻⁵

A₈=−2.0218×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

14th surface

K=0

A₄=1.8641×10⁻³

A₆=6.5713×10⁻⁵

A₈=−1.7732×10⁻⁸

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 5.10002 8.69938 14.69900 F_(NO) 2.56343.3520 4.5553 ω (°) 28.9 18.0 10.9 F B (mm) 0.9600 0.9600 0.9600 d₈13.85112 6.66139 2.00000 d₁₄ 1.88570 6.75477 13.41891 d₁₆ 1.785231.24854 1.12626

EXAMPLE 13

r₁ = 12.6404 d₁ = 0.7000 n_(d1) = 1.80610 ν_(d1) = 40.92 r₂ =5.3585(Aspheric) d₂ = 1.8000 r₃ = −1052.2383 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) =1.83400 ν_(d2) = 37.16 r₄ = 10.1978 d₄ = 0.8000 r₅ = 9.5874 d₅ = 1.8000n_(d3) = 1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 78.2817 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞(Stop) d₇ = 1.2000 r₈ = 4.6302 d₈ = 2.5000 n_(d4) = 1.80610 ν_(d4) =40.92 r₉ = 45.0000 d₉ = 0.7000 n_(d5) = 1.84666 ν_(d5) = 23.78 r₁₀ =4.6040 d₁₀ = 0.5000 r₁₁ = 9.9218(Aspheric) d₁₁ = 2.0000 n_(d6) = 1.69350ν_(d6) = 53.21 r₁₂ = −10.0000 d₁₂ = 0.7000 n_(d7) = 1.83400 ν_(d7) =37.16 r₁₃ = −165.7669 d₁₃ = (Vari-    able) r₁₄ = 9.9392 d₁₄ = 1.8000n_(d8) = 1.60311 ν_(d8) = 60.64 r₁₅ = −128.8622 d₁₅ = (Vari-    able)r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 0.8000 n_(d9) = 1.51633 ν_(d9) = 64.14 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ =1.5000 n_(d10) = 1.54771 ν_(d10) = 62.84 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 0.8000 r₁₉ = ∞d₁₉ = 0.7500 n_(d11) = 1.51633 ν_(d11) = 64.14 r₂₀ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−3.6379×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.7551×10⁻⁵

A₈=−1.2517×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

11th surface

K=0

A₄=−2.3148×10⁻³

A₆=−1.0121×10⁻⁴

A₈=−1.9212×10^(−5 A) ₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.49468 8.69002 12.90381 F_(NO) 2.60823.4008 4.4891 ω (°) 29.1 16.1 11.0 F B (mm) 1.2101 1.2101 1.2101 d₆14.27434 3.90534 1.50000 d₁₃ 2.53628 7.27318 14.59773 d₁₅ 0.921731.80916 1.00286

EXAMPLE 14

r₁ = 12.0734 d₁ = 0.7000 n_(d1) = 1.78590 ν_(d1) = 44.20 r₂ =5.1454(Aspheric) d₂ = 1.8000 r₃ = 32.6348 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.78590ν_(d2) = 44.20 r₄ = 7.1978 d₄ = 0.8000 r₅ = 7.2194 d₅ = 1.8000 n_(d3) =1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 17.2322 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞ (Stop) d₇ =1.2000 r₈ = 5.5218 d₈ = 3.0000 n_(d4) = 1.77250 ν_(d4) = 49.60 r₉ =−14.5871 d₉ = 0.2000 r₁₀ = −10.6445 d₁₀ = 0.7000 n_(d5) = 1.84666 ν_(d5)= 23.78 r₁₁ = 16.3389 d₁₁ = 0.7000 r₁₂ = 18.1849 d₁₂ = 1.6000 n_(d6) =1.69350 ν_(d6) = 53.21 r₁₃ = 36.1930(Aspheric) d₁₃ = (Vari-    able) r₁₄= 14.4210 d₁₄ = 1.8000 n_(d7) = 1.60311 ν_(d7) = 60.64 r₁₅ = −33.5831d₁₅ = (Vari-    able) r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) =64.14 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 1.5000 n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ =0.8000 r₁₉ = ∞ d₁₉ = 0.7500 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₂₀ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−4.0112×10⁻⁴

A₆=2.0947×10⁻⁵

A₈=−1.4672×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

13th surface

K=0

A₄=2.2371×10⁻³

A₆=5.3785×10⁻⁵

A₈=8.2914×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50022 8.68802 12.89916 F_(NO) 2.59593.4326 4.5355 ω (°) 29.1 16.1 11.0 F B (mm) 1.2095 1.2095 1.2095 d₆11.49994 3.44847 1.50000 d₁₃ 2.53628 7.27553 14.45109 d₁₅ 0.921731.87176 0.98646

EXAMPLE 15

r₁ = 35.3386 d₁ = 0.7000 n_(d1) = 1.80610 ν_(d1) = 40.92 r₂ =7.9569(Aspheric) d₂ = 0.5000 r₃ = 12.9234 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.80610ν_(d2) = 40.92 r₄ = 5.6199 d₄ = 1.3000 r₅ = 7.6443 d₅ = 1.8000 n_(d3) =1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 20.9906 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞ (Stop) d₇ =1.2000 r₈ = 6.1200(Aspheric) d₈ = 2.5000 n_(d4) = 1.80610 ν_(d4) = 40.92r₉ = −12.0000 d₉ = 0.7000 n_(d5) = 1.80518 ν_(d5) = 25.42 r₁₀ = 10.6145d₁₀ = 0.5000 r₁₁ = 12.5527 d₁₁ = 0.7000 n_(d6) = 1.80100 ν_(d6) = 34.97r₁₂ = 5.4000 d₁₂ = 2.0000 n_(d7) = 1.69350 ν_(d7) = 53.21 r₁₃ =26.5712(Aspheric) d₁₃ = (Vari-    able) r₁₄ = 13.7480 d₁₄ = 1.8000n_(d8) = 1.60311 ν_(d8) = 60.64 r₁₅ = −31.8437 d₁₅ = (Vari-    able) r₁₆= ∞ d₁₆ = 0.8000 n_(d9) = 1.51633 ν_(d9) = 64.14 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 1.5000n_(d10) = 1.54771 ν_(d10) = 62.84 r₁₈ = ∞ d₁₈ = 0.8000 r₁₉ = ∞ d₁₉ =0.7500 n_(d11) = 1.51633 ν_(d11) = 64.14 r₂₀ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−3.6019×10⁻⁴

A₆=−2.9205×10⁻⁶

A₈=−1.7745×10⁷

A₁₀=0

8th surface

K=0

A₄=−6.7970×10⁻⁵

A₆=3.2948×10⁻⁶

A₈=−8.4365×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

13th surface

K=0

A₄=1.6571×10⁻³

A₆=5.7013×10⁻⁵

A₈=1.8429×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50018 8.68952 12.89980 F_(NO) 2.60823.4008 4.4891 ω (°) 29.1 16.1 11.0 F B (mm) 1.2099 1.2099 1.2099 d₆15.08390 4.40851 1.50000 d₁₃ 2.53628 6.90868 13.07068 d₁₅ 0.921731.55996 0.99972

EXAMPLE 16

r₁ = 10.6805 d₁ = 0.7000 n_(d1) = 1.80610 ν_(d1) = 40.92 r₂ =5.3858(Aspheric) d₂ = 2.0000 r₃ = 53.1437 d₃ = 0.7000 n_(d2) = 1.77250ν_(d2) = 49.60 r₄ = 9.7714 d₄ = 0.6000 r₅ = 7.5402 d₅ = 1.8000 n_(d3) =1.84666 ν_(d3) = 23.78 r₆ = 14.1942 d₆ = (Variable) r₇ = ∞ (Stop) d₇ =1.2000 r₈ = 4.9282(Aspheric) d₈ = 2.5000 n_(d4) = 1.80610 ν_(d4) = 40.92r₉ = −97.2877 d₉ = 0.2000 r₁₀ = −10.3515 d₁₀ = 0.7000 n_(d5) = 1.84666ν_(d5) = 23.78 r₁₁ = 9.5288 d₁₁ = 2.0000 n_(d6) = 1.69350 ν_(d6) = 53.21r₁₂ = 486.8769(Aspheric) d₁₂ = (Vari-    able) r₁₃ = 19.3730 d₁₃ =1.8000 n_(d7) = 1.60311 ν_(d7) = 60.64 r₁₄ = −15.6402 d₁₄ = (Vari-   able) r₁₅ = ∞ d₁₅ = 0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14 r₁₆ = ∞d₁₆ = 1.5000 n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ = 0.8000 r₁₈ =∞ d₁₈ = 0.7500 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₉ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−2.6043×10⁻⁴

A₆=1.7480×10⁻⁵

A₈=−8.2296×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

8th surface

A₄=4.6735×10⁻⁴

A₆=5.7258×10⁻⁶

A₈=3.2901×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

12th surface

K=0

A₄=3.7339×10⁻³

A₆=−3.6398×10⁻⁵

A₈=4.5323×10⁻⁵

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.50325 8.68909 12.89876 F_(NO) 2.40943.2779 4.3298 ω (°) 29.0 16.1 11.0 F B (mm) 1.2089 1.2089 1.2089 d₆13.28426 3.96560 1.50000 d₁₂ 2.53628 7.09770 13.37693 d₁₄ 0.921731.54147 0.98679

EXAMPLE 17

r₁ = 88.1913 d₁ = 0.7000 n_(d1) = 1.77250 ν_(d1) = 49.60 r₂ =4.6149(Aspheric) d₂ = 2.0000 r₃ = 8.1050 d₃ = 1.8000 n_(d2) = 1.84666ν_(d2) = 23.78 r₄ = 16.5728 d₄ = (Variable) r₅ = ∞ (Stop) d₅ = 1.2000 r₆= 5.7305(Aspheric) d₆ = 2.5000 n_(d3) = 1.80610 ν_(d3) = 40.92 r₇ =−12.0000 d₇ = 0.7000 n_(d4) = 1.84666 ν_(d4) = 23.78 r₈ = 12.1053 d₈ =0.5000 r₉ = 11.4889 d₉ = 0.7000 n_(d5) = 1.80100 ν_(d5) = 34.97 r₁₀ =5.4000 d₁₀ = 2.0000 n_(d6) = 1.69350 ν_(d6) = 53.21 r₁₁ =16.7663(Aspheric) d₁₁ = (Vari-    able) r₁₂ = 38.7731 d₁₂ = 1.8000n_(d7) = 1.65844 ν_(d7) = 50.88 r₁₃ = −15.0285 d₁₃ = (Vari-    able) r₁₄= ∞ d₁₄ = 0.8000 n_(d8) = 1.51633 ν_(d8) = 64.14 r₁₅ = ∞ d₁₅ = 1.5000n_(d9) = 1.54771 ν_(d9) = 62.84 r₁₆ = ∞ d₁₆ = 0.8000 r₁₇ = ∞ d₁₇ =0.7500 n_(d10) = 1.51633 ν_(d10) = 64.14 r₁₈ = ∞

Aspherical Coefficients

2nd surface

K=0

A₄=−1.0782×10⁻³

A₆=2.8661×10⁻⁵

A₈=−4.2769×10⁻⁶

A₁₀=0

6th surface

K=0

A₄=−2.4989×10⁵

A₆=−1.3301×10⁻⁵

A₈=4.1349×10⁻⁷

A₁₀=0

11th surface

K=0

A₄=2.7617×10⁻³

A₆=−4.5942×10⁻⁵

A₈=2.1334×10⁻⁵

A₁₀=0

Zooming Data (∞) WE ST TE f (mm) 4.51347 8.68762 12.89665 F_(NO) 2.60823.4008 4.4891 ω (°) 29.0 16.1 11.0 F B (mm) 1.2096 1.2096 1.2096 d₆12.59150 3.96970 1.50000 d₁₂ 2.53628 7.22258 13.31431 d₁₄ 0.921731.50740 0.99736

FIGS. 18(a) to 18(c) are aberration diagram for Example 1 upon focusedat infinity. FIG. 18(a) shows spherical aberration SA, astigmatism AS,distortion DT and chromatic aberration CC of magnification at thewide-angle end, FIG. 18(b) shows SA, AS, DT and CC in the intermediatesettings, and FIG. 18(c) shows SA, AS, DT and CC at the telephoto end.Note that “FLY” shows an image height.

Enumerated below are the values of conditions (1) to (13), (a) and (b)in the aforesaid examples.

Condition Ex. 1 Ex. 2 Ex. 3 Ex. 4 Ex. 5  (1) 0.0730 0.0842 0.0855 0.08950.0938  (2) 0.7239 0.7545 0.5554 0.5912 0.4022  (3) 0 0 0 0 0  (4)−1.6487 −2.3115 −1.5012 −1.3066 −2.0910  (5) 0.3150 0.2131 0.5205 0.20650.1952  (6) −0.8779 −0.9081 −0.9907 −0.9998 −0.8315  (7) −0.0150 0.0363−0.0003 −0.0001 ***  (8) 0.5142 0.3367 0.3811 0.3486 ***  (9) *** ****** *** *** (10) *** *** *** *** 0.0000 (11) 0.8804 0.8357 1.0053 0.95561.1085 (L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (12)1.2152 1.0534 1.0372 1.0099 0.9456 (L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (L =5.64) (L = 5.64) (13) × 10⁻³ 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 (a in μm) (a= 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a) 1.6439 1.6756 1.56431.5400 1.6672 (b) 2.2668 2.2257 2.2667 2.3526 2.1924 Ex. 6 Ex. 7 Ex. 8Ex. 9 Ex. 10  (1) 0.0912 0.1207 0.1102 0.0993 0.1127  (2) 0.3820 0.61490.5182 0.7845 1.0917  (3) 0 0 0 0 0  (4) −0.6830 −0.9323 −0.4689 −0.5126−2.9959  (5) 0.1746 −0.2734 −0.4434 0.6786 0.3510  (6) −0.8322 −1−1.0241 −1.2037 −1.4572  (7) *** *** 0.2151 *** ***  (8) *** *** 0.7777*** ***  (9) *** 0.9821 *** 0.7989 *** (10) 0.01044 *** *** *** *** (11)1.1203 1.7321 1.0000 1.6600 1.3652 (L = 5.64) (L = 5.6) (L = 5.0) (L =5.0) (L = 5.64) (12) 0.9726 1.0357 0.9074 1.0074 0.7867 (L = 5.64) (L =5.6) (L = 5.0) (L = 5.0) (L = 5.64) (13) × 10⁻³ 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.3330.333 (a in μm) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a)1.6257 1.6976 1.7299 1.7290 1.7056 (b) 2.2145 2.1761 2.4925 1.80772.0835 Ex. 11 Ex. 12 Ex. 13 Ex. 14 Ex. 15  (1) 0.1144 0.1147 0.10940.1452 0.1094  (2) 0.5975 0.5250 0.3833 0.1091 0.1088  (3) 0 0 0 0 0 (4) −1.4198 −2.1839 −0.8871 −3.0196 −2.7909  (5) 0.3641 0.2659 −0.8568−0.3992 0.3969  (6) −1 −0.9565 −1.0012 *** −5.2936  (7) *** *** 0.35560.3727 0.1273  (8) *** *** 0.1780 0.1778 0.2889  (9) 1.2252 1.0638 ****** *** (10) *** *** *** *** *** (11) 1.2430 1.4681 1.1600 1.1600 1.000(L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (L = 5.0) (L = 5.0) (L = 5.0) (12) 1.0852 1.08241.2800 1.2400 1.2800 (L = 5.64) (L = 5.64) (L = 5.0) (L = 5.0) (L = 5.0)(13) × 10⁻³ 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 (a in μm) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0)(a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a = 3.0) (a) 1.4670 1.5144 1.6684 1.8643 1.50981(b) 2.1071 2.0657 2.5012 2.2008 2.4139 Ex. 16 Ex. 17  (1) 0.1666 0.1904 (2) 0.4205 0.0645  (3) 0 0  (4) −1.0399 −5.3540  (5) 0.1066 0.4413  (6)−21.8621 −80.9524  (7) 0.4216 0.0512  (8) 0.1332 0.4431  (9) *** ***(10) *** *** (11) 1.1600 0.7000 (L = 5.0) (L = 5.0) (12) 1.0800 1.2800(L = 5.0) (L = 5.0) (13) × 10⁻³ 0.333 0.333 (a in μm) (a = 3.0) (a =3.0) (a) 1.6411 1.9843 (b) 2.2790 2.2059

The near-infrared cut filter FI is now explained in detail. This filterFI comprises a plane-parallel plate provided on its entrance surfaceside with a near-infrared cut coating for limiting chiefly thetransmission of light in a longer wavelength range and on its exitsurface side with a shorter wavelength cut coating for limiting chieflythe transmission of light in a shorter wavelength range. Thisnear-infrared cut coating is designed in such a way as to have atransmittance of 80% or greater at 600 nm wavelength and a transmittanceof 10% or less at 700 nm wavelength. To be more specific, a 27-layeredIR cut coating film having such transmittance characteristics as shownin FIG. 19 is used. Set out below are data about such a multilayeredcoating film. This filter comprises such a plane-parallel platesubstrate as mentioned above, on which 27 layers of Al₂O₃, TiO₂ and SiO₂are laminated in the following order. Design wavelength λ is 780 nm.

Substrate Physical Layer No. Material Thickness, nm λ/4  1 Al₂O₃ 58.960.50  2 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00  3 SiO₂ 134.14 1.00  4 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00  5 SiO₂134.14 1.00  6 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00  7 SiO₂ 134.14 1.00  8 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00  9SiO₂ 134.14 1.00 10 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00 11 SiO₂ 134.14 1.00 12 TiO₂ 84.191.00 13 SiO₂ 134.14 1.00 14 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00 15 SiO₂ 178.41 1.33 16 TiO₂101.03 1.21 17 SiO₂ 167.67 1.25 18 TiO₂ 96.82 1.15 19 SiO₂ 147.55 1.0520 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00 21 SiO₂ 160.97 1.20 22 TiO₂ 84.19 1.00 23 SiO₂ 154.261.15 24 TiO₂ 95.13 1.13 25 SiO₂ 160.97 1.20 26 TiO₂ 99.34 1.18 27 SiO₂87.19 0.65

The shorter wavelength cut coating film on the exit surface side of thelow-pass filter has such transmittance characteristics as shown in FIG.20, and is again formed by multi-coating, so that the colorreproducibility of an electronic image can be much more enhanced.

With this shorter wavelength cut coating film, for instance, it ispossible to control the ratio of the 420 nm wavelength transmittancewith respect to the transmittance of a wavelength having the highesttransmittance in the wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm to 15% orgreater and the ratio of the 400 nm wavelength transmittance withrespect to the transmittance of the wavelength having the highesttransmittance to 6% or less.

It is thus possible to reduce a discernible difference between thecolors perceived by the human eyes and the colors of an image uponphototaken and reproduced. To put it another way, it is possible toprevent any image deterioration due to the fact that shorter wavelengthside colors less likely to be perceived by the human sense of sight canbe easily perceived by the human eyes.

When the aforesaid ratio of the 400 nm wavelength transmittance exceeds6%, the shorter wavelength range less likely to be perceived by thehuman eyes is reproduced in colors capable of perception. When theaforesaid ratio of the 420 nm wavelength transmittance is less than 15%,on the contrary, the reproducibility of colors in the wavelength rangecapable of being perceived by the human eyes drops, resulting in thereproduction of ill-balanced colors.

The means for limiting such wavelengths can more advantageously be usedwith an image pickup system using a complementary color mosaic filter.

Used in each of the foregoing examples is a coating having atransmittance of 0% at 400 nm wavelength and a transmittance of 90% at420 nm wavelength, with a transmittance peak of 100% obtained at 440 nmwavelength, as shown in FIG. 20.

With the synergistic effect of this coating and the aforesaidnear-infrared cut coating, it is thus possible to achieve a colorcontrol filter having a transmittance of 0% at 400 nm, a transmittanceof 80% at 420 nm, a transmittance of 82% of at 600 nm and atransmittance of 2% at 700 nm, with a transmittance peak of 99% obtainedat 450 nm. With this color control filter, faithful color reproductionis achievable.

The low-pass filter FL comprises three types of filter elements put oneupon another in the optical axis direction, each of which elements hascrystallographic axes in the azimuth directions of horizontal (=0°) and±45° upon projection on an image plane. For moire reductioins, theelements are each shifted by a μm in the horizontal direction andSQRT(½)×a in the ±45° direction. Here SQRT means a square root.

The image pickup plane I of the CCD is provided thereon with acomplementary color mosaic filter in a mosaic manner where four colorfilter elements, viz., cyan, magenta, yellow and green filter elementsare in alignment with image pickup pixels. Substantially the same numberof filter elements are located for each of these four types of colorfilters in such a mosaic way that adjacent pixels do not correspond tothe same type of color filter elements, thereby achieving more faithfulcolor reproduction.

To be more specific, the complementary color filter is made up of atleast four types of color filter elements, as shown in FIG. 21.Preferably in this case, the four types of color filters should be suchcharacteristics as mentioned just below.

A green color filter G has a spectral strength peak at a wavelengthG_(p),

a yellow color filter Y_(e) has a spectral strength peak at a wavelengthY_(p),

a cyan color filter C has a spectral strength peak at a wavelengthC_(p), and

a magenta color filter M has peaks at wavelengths M_(p1) and M_(p2),provided that

510 nm<G_(p)<540 nm

5 nm<Y_(p)−G_(p)<35 nm

−100 nm<C_(p)−G_(p)<−5 nm

430 nm<M_(p1)<480 nm

580 nm<M_(p2)<640 nm

In addition, it is preferable that each of the green, yellow and cyancolor filters has a strength of 80% or greater at 530 nm wavelength withrespect to its spectral strength peak, and the magenta color filter hasa strength of 10% to 50% inclusive at 530 nm wavelength with respect toits spectral strength peak.

One example of the wavelength characteristics of each color filter inthis embodiment is shown in FIG. 22. The green color filter G has aspectral strength peak at 525 nm. The yellow color filter Y_(e) has aspectral strength peak at 555 nm. The cyan color filter has a spectralstrength peak at 510 nm. The magenta color filter has spectral strengthpeaks at 445 nm and 620 nm. The color filter at 530 nm has a strength of99% for G, 95% for Y_(e), 97% for C, and 38% for M with respect to itsspectral strength peak.

When such a complementary color filter is used as the filter, thefiltered light is converted by a controller (not shown or used with adigital camera) to R (red), G (green) and B (blue) signals according tothe following electrical signal processing:

for luminance signals

Y=|G+M+Y _(e) +C|×¼

 for color signals

R−Y=|(M+Y _(e))−(G+C)|

B−Y=|(M+C)−(G+Y _(e))|

Light in a longer or shorter wavelength range is less likely to beperceived by the human eyes. As this light reaches a CCD, however, colorreproducibility becomes worse due to unsatisfactory signal processing,because the CCD has high light sensitivity. With this embodiment of thepresent invention, it is possible to achieve satisfactory colorreproduction by use of an IR cut filter and a shorter wavelength cutfilter.

This IR cut filter may be located everywhere on the optical path. In thecase of electronic image pickup equipment, however, the IR filter shouldpreferably be located between the lens group nearest to the image sideof the equipment and an image plane (a CCD or the like), because thefilter can be made compact and the effect of the filter can be madeuniform. The number of the low-pass filter FL may be one or two asalready mentioned.

FIG. 23 is a schematic of part of one embodiment of the electronic imagepickup equipment according to the present invention. In this embodiment,a turret 29 is disposed on an optical axis 15 between the first lensgroup G1 and the second lens group G2 of the image pickup system (zoomlens system) so as to control brightness to 0, −1, −2 and −3 levels.Otherwise, the construction of the image pickup optical system or thelike is the same as that of each of the aforesaid embodiments.

The turret 129 has aperture stops provided with a plane-parallel plate130, a −1 level ND filter 131, −2 level ND filter 132 and −3 level NDfilter 133, which are successively positioned on an optical path definedby the optical axis 5 in unison with the rotation of the turret 129,thereby controlling the quantity of light incident on an image pickupdevice 2 having a complementary color filter. The plane-parallel plate130 and ND filters 31, 32 and 33 are each provided on its surface with acoating film 28 having a wavelength correction function of allowing itstransmittance to become a half-value of its e-line transmittance betweeng-line and h-line, thereby reducing color flares due to chromaticaberrations occurring on the shorter wavelength side. In addition, theseapertures are designed in such a way as to satisfy the requirementsrecited in claims 23, 24 and 25.

In association with each ND filter (31 to 33), the overall transmittancedrops to ½, ¼ and ⅛, respectively.

Another embodiment of the aperture stops is shown in FIG. 24. A turret10 capable of controlling brightness to 0, −1, −2, −3 and −4 levels isprovided at a stop position on an optical axis between the first lensgroup G1 and the second lens group G2 of an image pickup optical system.The turret is provided with a circular aperture 1A for 0 level control,which aperture has a diameter of about 4.5 mm and comprises a fixedspace (and has a transmittance of 100% with respect to 550 nmwavelength), an aperture 1B for −1 level correction, which aperturecomprises a transparent plane-parallel plate (having a transmittance of99% with respect to 550 nm wavelength) having an aperture area that isabout a half the aperture area of the aperture 1A and a fixed apertureshape, and apertures IC, ID and 1E having ND filters for −2, −3 and −4level corrections, which filters have a transmittance of 50%, 25% and13%, respectively, with respect to 550 nm wavelength.

For light quantity control, any one of the apertures is aligned with thestop position by the rotation of the turret 10 around an rotating shaft11.

When an effective F-number F_(no)′ is F_(no)′>a/0.4 μm, an ND filterhaving a transmittance of less than 80% with respect to 550 nmwavelength is inserted into the aperture. Referring here to Example 1for instance, the effective F-number at the telephoto end conforms tothis condition when the effective F-number at the −2 level comes to 9.0with respect to that at the 0 level (the stop opens). The then apertureis 1C. It is thus possible to reduce an image deterioration caused by adiffraction phenomenon due to stop-down.

Instead of the turret 10 shown in FIG. 24, such a turret 10′ as shown inFIG. 25(a) may be used. The turret 10′ capable of controlling brightnessto 0, −1, −2, −3 and −4 levels is provided at an aperture stop positionon an optical axis between the first lens group G1 and the second lensgroup G2 of an image pickup optical system. The turret 10′ is providedwith a circular, fixed aperture 1A′ for 0 level control, which aperturehas a diameter of about 4.5 mm and a fixed aperture shape, an aperture1B′ for −1 level correction, which aperture has an aperture area that isabout a half the aperture area of the aperture 1A and a fixed apertureshape, and apertures 1C′, 1D′ and 1E′ for −2, −3 and −4 levelcorrections, the aperture areas of which decrease by 50% in this orderand each of which has a fixed aperture shape. For light quantitycontrol, any one of the apertures is aligned with the stop position bythe rotation of the turret 10′ around a rotating shaft 11.

In addition, optical low-pass filters with varying spatial frequencycharacteristics are used for 1A′ to 1D′ out of these apertures. As shownin FIG. 25(b), the optical filters are designed in such a way that thesmaller the aperture diameter, the higher the spatial frequencycharacteristics are. It is thus possible to reduce an imagedeterioration caused by a diffraction phenomenon due to stop-down. It ishere noted that the curves of FIG. 25(b) show the spatial frequencycharacteristics of only the low-pass filters. In other words, thefilters are designed in such a way that the characteristics inclusive ofdiffraction characteristics due to each stop are all on the same level.It is thus possible to achieve electronic image pickup equipmentenabling a constant low-pass effect to be always ensured irrespective ofthe f number.

The aforesaid electronic image pickup equipment according to the presentinvention may be used for phototaking systems wherein an object imageformed by the zoom lens system is sensed by an image pickup device suchas a CCD or silver salt film, especially digital cameras or videocameras, personal computers that are one example of informationprocessors, and telephones, especially convenient-to-carry portabletelephones, as embodied just below.

FIGS. 26 to 28 are conceptual schematics of a digital camera where thezoom lens system according to the present invention is incorporated in aphototaking optical system 41 thereof. FIG. 26 is a front perspectiveview illustrative of the outside shape of a digital camera 40, and FIG.27 is a rear perspective view illustrative of the digital camera 40.FIG. 28 is a sectional view illustrative of the construction of thedigital camera 40. The digital camera 40 according to the instantembodiment comprises a phototaking optical system 41 including aphototaking optical path 42, a finder optical system 43 including afinder optical path 44, a shutter button 45, a flash 46 and a liquidcrystal display monitor 47. Upon pressing down the shutter button 45located on the upper portion of the camera 40, phototaking occursthrough the phototaking optical system 41, for instance, the zoom lenssystem set forth in Example 1. An object image formed through thephototaking optical system 11 is then formed on the image pickup planeof a CCD 49 via filters F1, F2 such as an optical low-pass filter and anear-infrared cut filter. The object image sensed by this CCD 49 isdisplayed as an electronic image on the liquid crystal display monitor47 located on the back side of the camera via processing means 51. Thisprocessing means 51 may be connected with recording means 52 forrecording the phototaken electronic image. It is here noted that therecording means 52 may be provided separately from the processing means51 or in the form of electronic read/write means comprising a floppydisk, a memory card or an MO. Instead of CCD 49, a silver salt camerawith silver salt film loaded therein may be used.

Further, a finder objective optical system 53 is located on the finderoptical path 444. An object image formed by this finder objectiveoptical system 53 is then formed on a field frame 57 of a Porro prism 55that is an image erecting member. In the rear of the Porro prism 55,there is provided an eyepiece optical system 59 for guiding an erectedimage to an observer's eyeball E. It is here noted that a cover member50 is provided on the entrance side of phototaking optical system 41 andfinder optical system 53 while a cover member 50 is disposed on the exitside of eyepiece optical system 59.

The thus constructed digital camera 40 can have ever-higher performanceat ever-lower costs, because the phototaking optical system 41 usedtherewith is a compact zoom lens system having an ever-wider angle andan ever-higher zoom ratio with well-corrected aberrations.

While plane-parallel plates are used for the cover members 50 in theembodiment of FIG. 28, it is understood that lenses having powers may beused.

Shown in FIGS. 29 to 31 is a personal computer that is one example ofthe information processor in which the zoom lens system of the inventionis incorporated in the form of an objective optical system. FIG. 29 is afront perspective views of an uncovered personal computer 300, FIG. 30is a sectional view of a phototaking optical system 303 mounted on thepersonal computer 300, and FIG. 31 is a side view of FIG. 29. Asdepicted in FIGS. 29 to 31, the personal computer 300 comprises a keyboard 301 for allowing an operator to enter information therein fromoutside, information processing and recording means (not shown), amonitor 302 for displaying the information to the operator and aphototaking optical system 303 for phototaking an image of the operatorper se and images of operator's surroundings. The monitor 302 usedherein may be a transmission type liquid crystal display device designedto be illuminated by a backlight (not shown) from the back side, areflection type liquid crystal display device designed to display imagesby reflecting light from the front side, a CRT display or the like. Asshown, the phototaking optical system 303 is built in a right upperportion of monitor 302. However, it is to be understood that thephototaking optical system 303 may be positioned somewhere on theperiphery of monitor 302 or keyboard 301.

The phototaking optical system 303 includes on a phototaking opticalpath 304 an objective lens system 112 comprising the zoom lens system ofthe invention (roughly illustrated) and an image pickup element chip 162for receiving an image. These are built in the personal computer 300.

It is here to be understood that an optical low-pass filter F isadditionally pasted onto the image pickup element chip 162 to constructan integral image pickup unit 160. This image pickup unit 160 can befitted in the rear end of a lens barrel 113 of the objective lens system112 in one-touch simple operation, so that centering and alignment ofthe objective lens system 112 with respect to the image pickup elementchip 162 can be dispensed with to make assembly simple. At the end ofthe lens barrel 113, there is provided a cover glass 114 for protectionof the objective lens system 112. It is here to be understood that thezoom lens driving mechanism in the lens barrel 113 is not shown.

An object image received at the image pickup element chip 162 is enteredfrom a terminal 166 in the processing means in the personal computer300, and displayed as an electronic image on the monitor 302. Shown inFIG. 29 as an example is a phototaken image 305 of the operator. It ispossible to display the image 305, etc. on a personal computer at theother end on a remote place via an internet or telephone line.

Illustrated in FIG. 32 is a telephone handset that is one example of theinformation processor in which the zoom lens system of the invention isbuilt in the form of a phototaking optical system, especially aconvenient-to-carry portable telephone handset. FIG. 32(a) is a frontview of a portable telephone handset 400, FIG. 32(b) is a side view ofhandset 400 and FIG. 32(c) is a sectional view of a phototaking opticalsystem 405. As depicted in FIGS. 32(a) to 21(c), the telephone handset400 comprises a microphone portion 401 for entering an operator's voicetherein as information, a speaker portion 402 for producing a voice of aperson on the other end, an input dial 403 allowing the operator toenter information therein, a monitor 404 for displaying phototakenimages of the operator and the person on the other end and informationsuch as telephone numbers, a phototaking optical system 405, an antenna406 for transmitting and receiving communication waves and a processingmeans (not shown) for processing image information, communicationinformation, input signals, etc. The monitor 404 used herein is a liquidcrystal display device. The arrangement of these parts is notnecessarily limited to that illustrated. The phototaking optical system405 includes on a phototaking optical path 407 an objective lens system112 comprising the zoom lens system (roughly illustrated) of theinvention and an image pickup device chip 162 for receiving an objectimage. These are built in the telephone handset 400.

It is here to be understood that an optical low-pass filter F isadditionally pasted onto the image pickup device chip 162 to constructan integral image pickup unit 160. This image pickup unit 160 can befitted in the rear end of a lens barrel 113 of the objective lens system112 in one-touch simple operation, so that centering and alignment ofthe objective lens system 112 with respect to the image pickup elementchip 162 can be dispensed with to make assembly simple. At the end ofthe lens barrel 113, there is provided a cover glass 114 for protectionof the objective lens system 112. It is here to be understood that thezoom lens driving mechanism in the lens barrel 113 is not shown.

The object image received at the image pickup device chip 162 is enteredfrom a terminal 166 in a processing means (not shown), and displayed asan electronic image on the monitor 404 and/or a monitor on the otherend. To transmit an image to a person on the other end, the processingmeans includes a signal processing function of converting informationabout the object image received at the image pickup element chip 162 totransmittable signals.

While various embodiments of the present invention have been explained,it is understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto,and so such various embodiments may be carried out in combinations oftwo or more or modified in various manners depending on the need ofdesign.

According to the present invention as explained above, it is thuspossible to achieve a zoom lens system which enables an associated lensmount to have a reduced thickness and receive the zoom lens system withefficiency, and has a high magnification and improved image-formationcapabilities even upon rear focusing, and makes it possible to reducethe thickness of a digital or video camera as much as possible.

What we claim is:
 1. An electronic image pickup system comprising a zoomlens system and an electronic image pickup device located in the rear ofsaid zoom lens system, wherein: said zoom lens system comprises, inorder from an object side of said zoom lens system, a first lens grouphaving negative refracting power, a second lens group having positiverefracting power and a third lens group having positive refractingpower, upon focused on an object point at infinity, a separation betweensaid second lens group and said third lens group becomes wide forzooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end of said zoom lenssystem, said zoom lens system is focused on a nearby subject by movingsaid the third lens group toward the object side, and said second lensgroup comprises, in order from an object side thereof, a first cementedlens component comprising a positive lens 2 a and a negative lens 2 band a second lens group 2 c consisting of a second cemented lenscomponent, and satisfies the following condition (1): 0.04<t _(2N) /t₂<0.18  (1)  where t_(2N) is an optical axis distance from an image-sidesurface of the positive lens 2 a located on the object side of thesecond lens group to an image-side surface of the negative lens 2 b inthe second lens group, and t₂ is an optical axis distance from anobject-side surface of the positive lens 2 a located on the object sideof the second lens group to a surface located to an image side of thesecond lens group 2 c.
 2. An electronic image pickup system comprising azoom lens system and an electronic image pickup device located in therear of said zoom lens system, wherein: said zoom lens system comprises,in order from an object side of said zoom lens system, a first lensgroup having negative refracting power, a second lens group havingpositive refracting power and a third lens group having positiverefracting power, upon focused on an object point at infinity, aseparation between said second lens group and said third lens groupbecomes wide for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end ofsaid zoom lens system, said zoom lens system is focused on a nearbysubject by moving said the third lens group toward the object side, andsaid second lens group comprises, in order from an object side thereof,a first cemented lens component comprising a positive lens 2 a and anegative lens 2 b and a second lens group 2 c consisting of a secondcemented lens component, and satisfies the following condition (2):−0.5<f _(2a) /f _(2c)<1.1  (2)  where f_(2a), and f_(2c) is a focallength in air of the positive lens 2 a located on the object side of thesecond lens group, and the lens group 2 c, respectively.
 3. Anelectronic image pickup system comprising a zoom lens system and anelectronic image pickup device located in the rear of said zoom lenssystem, wherein: said zoom lens system comprises, in order from anobject side of said zoom lens system, a first lens group having negativerefracting power, a second lens group having positive refracting powerand a third lens group having positive refracting power, upon focused onan object point at infinity, a separation between said second lens groupand said third lens group becomes wide for zooming from a wide-angle endto a telephoto end of said zoom lens system, said zoom lens system isfocused on a nearby subject by moving said the third lens group towardthe object side, said second lens group comprises a first cemented lensand a second cemented lens, and said zoom lens system has a zoom ratioof 2.3 or greater.
 4. An electronic image pickup system comprising azoom lens system and an electronic image pickup device located in therear of said zoom lens system, wherein: said zoom lens system comprises,in order from an object side of said zoom lens system, a first lensgroup having negative refracting power, a second lens group havingpositive refracting power and a third lens group having positiverefracting power, upon focused on an object point at infinity, aseparation between said second lens group and said third lens groupbecomes wide for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end ofsaid zoom lens system, said zoom lens system is focused on a nearbysubject by moving said the third lens group toward the object side, andsaid second lens group consists of, in order from an object sidethereof, a cemented lens component comprising a positive lens 2 a and anegative lens 2 b and a lens group 2 c consisting of a single lenscomponent, and satisfies the following condition (1): 0.04<t _(2N) /t₂<0.18  (1)  where t_(2N) is an optical axis distance from an image-sidesurface of the positive lens 2 a located on the object side of thesecond lens group to an image-side surface of the negative lens 2 b inthe second lens group, and t₂ is an optical axis distance from anobject-side surface of the positive lens 2 a located on the object sideof the second lens group to a surface located to an image side of thesecond lens group 2 c.
 5. An electronic image pickup system comprising azoom lens system and an electronic image pickup device located in therear of said zoom lens system, wherein: said zoom lens system comprises,in order from an object side of said zoom lens system, a first lensgroup having negative refracting power, a second lens group havingpositive refracting power and a third lens group having positiverefracting power, upon focused on an object point at infinity, aseparation between said second lens group and said third lens groupbecomes wide for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end ofsaid zoom lens system, said zoom lens system is focused on a nearbysubject by moving said the third lens group toward the object side, andsaid second lens group consists of, in order from an object sidethereof, a cemented lens component comprising a positive lens 2 a and anegative lens 2 b and a lens group 2 c consisting of a single lenscomponent, and satisfies the following condition (2): −0.5<f _(2a) /f_(2c)<1.1  (2)  where f_(2a), and f_(2c) is a focal length in air of thepositive lens 2 a located on the object side of the second lens group,and the lens group 2 c, respectively.
 6. An electronic image pickupsystem comprising a zoom lens system and an electronic image pickupdevice located in the rear of said zoom lens system, wherein: said zoomlens system comprises, in order from an object side of said zoom lenssystem, a first lens group having negative refracting power, a secondlens group having positive refracting power and a third lens grouphaving positive refracting power, upon focused on an object point atinfinity, a separation between said second lens group and said thirdlens group becomes wide for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephotoend of said zoom lens system, said zoom lens system is focused on anearby subject by moving said the third lens group toward the objectside, said second lens group consists of one cemented lens and onesingle lens component, and said zoom lens system has a zoom ratio of 2.3or greater.
 7. The electronic image pickup system according to claims 1,2 or 3, wherein said second lens group consists of two cemented lenses;said first cemented lens and said second cemented lens.
 8. Theelectronic image pickup system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,wherein, in said zoom lens system, lens groups having optical power areonly said first lens group, said second lens group and said third lensgroup.
 9. The electronic image pickup system according to any one ofclaims 1 to 6, wherein said third lens group consists of one lenscomponent.
 10. The electronic image pickup system according to any oneof claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of plane-parallel plates includinga low-pass filter are interposed between said third lens group and acolor mosaic filter in said electronic image pickup device.
 11. Theelectronic image pickup system according to claim 1 or 4, whichcomprises a zoom lens wherein said lens group 2 c in said second lensgroup comprises an aspherical surface, and said third lens groupconsists of only of a spherical surface or comprising an asphericalsurface that satisfies the following condition (3):abs(z)/L<1.5×10⁻²  (3) where abs(z) is an absolute value of an amount ofa deviation of the aspherical surface in the third lens group from aspherical surface having an axial radius of curvature in an optical axisas measured at a height of 0.35 L from the optical axis, and L is adiagonal length of an effective image pickup plane.
 12. The electronicimage pickup system according to claim 1 or 4, which comprises a zoomlens that satisfies the following conditions (4) and (5): (R _(2c1) +R_(2cr))/(R _(2c1) −R _(2cr))<−0.4  (4) −1.1<(R ₃₁ +R ₃₂)/(R ₃₁ −R₃₂)<1.5  (5) where R_(2c1) and R_(2cr) are axial radii of curvature ofthe surfaces in the image-side lens group 2 c in the second lens group,which surfaces are located nearest to the object and image sides,respectively, and R₃₁ and R₃₂ are axial radii of curvature of the firstand second lens surfaces in the third lens group, respectively, ascounted from the object side.
 13. The electronic image pickup systemaccording to claim 1 or 4, which comprises a zoom lens that satisfiesthe following condition (6): −1.5<{(R _(2a1) +R _(2a2))·(R _(2b1) −R_(2b2))}/I(R _(2a1) −R _(2a2))·(R _(2b1) +R _(2b2))}<−0.6  (6) whereR_(2a1) and R_(2a2) are axial radii of curvature on the object and imagesides, respectively, of the lens 2 a in the second lens group, andR_(2b1) and R_(2b2) are axial radii of curvature on the object and imagesides, respectively, of the lens 2 b in the second lens group.
 14. Theelectronic image pickup system according to claim 1 or 4, whichcomprises a zoom lens wherein the lens 2 a in said second lens group hasan aspherical surface on an object-side surface thereof.
 15. Theelectronic image pickup system according to claim 1 or 4, whichcomprises a zoom lens wherein said first lens group comprises, in orderfrom an object side thereof, a negative lens group comprising up to 2negative lenses and a positive lens group comprising one positive lens,at least one negative lens in said lens group comprises an asphericalsurface, and the following condition (7) is satisfied: −0.1<f _(W) /R₁₁<0.45  (7) where R₁₁ is an axial radius of curvature of the first lenssurface in the first lens group, as counted from the object side, and fWis a focal length of the zoom lens system at a wide-angle end thereofupon focused on an object point at infinity.
 16. The electronic imagepickup system according to claim 1 or 4, which comprises a zoom lensthat satisfies the following condition (8): 0.13<d _(Np) /f_(W)<1.0  (8) where d_(Np) is an axial air separation between thenegative and positive lens groups in the first lens group.
 17. Theelectronic image pickup system according to claim 4, which comprises azoom lens wherein said first lens group consists of, in order from anobject side thereof, one positive lens, two negative lenses and onepositive lens.
 18. The electronic image pickup system according to claim17, which comprises a zoom lens that satisfies the following condition(9): 0.75<R ₁₄ /L<3  (9) where R₁₄ is an axial radius of curvature ofthe fourth lens surface in the first lens group, as counted from theobject side, and L is a diagonal length of an effective image pickuparea of the image pickup device.
 19. The electronic image pickup systemaccording to claim 1 or 4, wherein said first lens group, and saidsecond lens group has a total thickness that satisfies the followingconditions (11) and (12): 0.4<t ₁ /L<2.2  (11) 0.5<t ₂ /L<1.5  (12)where t₁ is an axial thickness of the first lens group from a lenssurface located nearest to an object side thereof to an lens surfacelocated nearest to an image side thereof, t₂ is an axial thickness ofthe second lens group from a lens surface located nearest to an objectside thereof to a lens surface located nearest to an image side thereof,and L is a diagonal length of an effective image pickup area of theimage pickup device.
 20. The electronic image pickup system according toclaim 1 or 4, wherein an optical low-pass filter located between saidimage pickup device and the object side of said electronic image pickupsystem has a total thickness that satisfies the following condition(13): 0.15×10³ <t _(LPF) /a<0.45×10³  (13) where t_(LPF) is the totalthickness of said optical low-pass filter and a is a horizontal pixelpitch of said image pickup device.